Antiferromagnetic and Orbital Ordering on a Diamond Lattice Near Quantum Criticality

Plumb, K. W.; Morey, J. R.; Rodriguez-Rivera, J. A.; Wu, Hui; Podlesnyak, A. A.; McQueen, T. M.; Broholm, C. L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041055

Title: Antiferromagnetic and Orbital Ordering on a Diamond Lattice Near Quantum Criticality

Journal Article · Fri Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041055· OSTI ID:1336888

Plumb, K. W.; Morey, J. R.; Rodriguez-Rivera, J. A.; Wu, Hui; Podlesnyak, A. A.; McQueen, T. M.; Broholm, C. L.

Here, we present neutron scattering measurements on powder samples of the spinel FeSc₂ S ₄ that reveal a previously unobserved magnetic ordering transition occurring at 11.8(2) K. Magnetic ordering occurs subsequent to a subtle cubic-to-tetragonal structural transition that distorts Fe coordinating sulfur tetrahedra and lifts the orbital degeneracy. Furthermore, the orbital ordering is not truly long ranged, but occurs over finite-sized domains that limit magnetic correlation lengths. During the application of 1 GPa hydrostatic pressure appears to destabilize this Néel state, reducing the transition temperature to 8.6(8) K and redistributing magnetic spectral weight to higher energies. The relative magnitudes of ordered ²= 3.1(2) μ$$2\atop{B}$$ and fluctuating moments < δm >= 13(1) μ$$2\atop{B}$$ show that the magnetically ordered state of FeSc ₂ S ₄ is drastically renormalized and close to criticality.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FG02-08ER46544; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1336888

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1341577

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 4; ISSN 2160-3308

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