Spin waves and magnetic exchange interactions in the spin-ladder compound RbFe2Se3

Wang, Meng; Yi, Ming; Jin, Shangjian; Jiang, Hongchen; Song, Yu; Luo, Huiqian; Christianson, Andrew D.; de la Cruz, Clarina; Bourret-Courchesne, E.; Yao, Dao-Xin; Lee, D. H.; Birgeneau, R. J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.041111

Spin waves and magnetic exchange interactions in the spin-ladder compound ${RbFe}_{2} {Se}_{3}$

Journal Article · Wed Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.041111· OSTI ID:1311246

Wang, Meng ^[1]; Yi, Ming ^[1]; Jin, Shangjian ^[2]; Jiang, Hongchen ^[3]; Song, Yu ^[4]; Luo, Huiqian ^[5]; Christianson, Andrew D. ^[6]; de la Cruz, Clarina ^[6]; Bourret-Courchesne, E. ^[7]; Yao, Dao-Xin ^[2]; Lee, D. H. ^[8]; Birgeneau, R. J. ^[8]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, (China)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

In this paper, we report an inelastic neutron scattering study of the spin waves of the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic spin ladder compound RbFe₂Se₃. The results reveal that the products, SJ's, of the spin S and the magnetic exchange interaction J along the antiferromagnetic (leg) direction and the ferromagnetic (rung) direction are comparable with those for the stripe ordered phase of the parent compounds of the iron-based superconductors. Also, the universality of the SJ's implies nearly universal spin wave dynamics and the irrelevance of the fermiology for the existence of the stripe antiferromagnetic order among various Fe-based materials.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation of China (NFSC); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1311246

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1439998
OSTI ID: 1266412

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 94; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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