Neutron diffraction and inelastic spectroscopy is used to characterize the magnetic Hamiltonian of SrHo2O4 and SrDy2O4. Through a detailed computation of the crystal-field levels we find site-dependent anisotropic single-ion magnetism in both materials, and diffraction measurements show the presence of strong one-dimensional spin correlations.Our measurements indicate that competing interactions of the zigzag chain, combinedwith frustrated interchain interactions, play a crucial role in stabilizing spin-liquid type correlations in this series.
Authors
- A. Fennell,
- V. Y. Pomjakushin,
- A. Uldry,
- B. Delley,
- B. Prévost,
- A. Désilets-Benoit,
- A. D. Bianchi,
- R. I. Bewley,
- B. R. Hansen,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Tomasz Klimczuk link open in new tab ,
- R. J. Cava,
- M. Kenzelmann
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1103/physrevb.89.224511
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2014
