Spin dynamics in the stripe-ordered buckled honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Inst. for Solid State Physics
- Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, (Japan). Dept. of Physical Science
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
We carried out inelastic neutron scattering experiments on a buckled honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Ba2NiTeO6 exhibiting a stripe structure at a low temperature. Magnetic excitations are observed in the energy range of ℏω≲10 meV having an anisotropy gap of 2 meV at 2 K. We perform spin-wave calculations to identify the spin model. The obtained microscopic parameters are consistent with the location of the stripe structure in the classical phase diagram. Furthermore, the Weiss temperature independently estimated from a bulk magnetic susceptibility is consistent with the microscopic parameters. The results reveal that a competition between the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor interactions that together with a relatively large single-ion magnetic anisotropy stabilize the stripe magnetic structure.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1394594
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 96; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
| Role of quantum fluctuations on spin liquids and ordered phases in the Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice 
 | journal | May 2018 | 
| Role of quantum fluctuations on spin liquids and ordered phases in the Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice | text | January 2018 |