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Static and dynamic magnetic properties of the spiin-$$\frac{5}{2}$$triangle lattice antiferromagnet Na3Fe(PO4)2 studied by 31P NMR

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

We report 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements have been carried out to investigate the magnetic properties and spin dynamics of Fe3+ (S = 5/2) spins in the two-dimensional triangular lattice (TL) compound Na3Fe(PO4)2. The temperature (T) dependence of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rates (1/T1) shows a clear peak around Néel temperature, TN = 10.9 K, corresponding to an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition. From the temperature dependence of NMR shift (K) above TN, an exchange coupling between Fe3+ spins was estimated to be J/kB ≃ 1.9 K using the spin-5/2 Heisenberg isotropic-TL model. The temperature dependence of 1/T1T divided by the magnetic susceptibility (χ), 1/T1Tχ, above TN proves the AFM nature of spin fluctuations below ~50 K in the paramagnetic state. In the magnetically ordered state below TN, the characteristic rectangular shape of the NMR spectra is observed, indicative of a commensurate AFM state in its ground state. The strong temperature dependence of 1/T1 in the AFM state is well explained by the two-magnon (Raman) process of the spin waves in a 3D antiferromagnet with a spin-anisotropy energy gap of 5.7 K. The temperature dependence of sublattice magnetization is also well reproduced by the spin waves. Those results indicate that the magnetically ordered state of Na3Fe(PO4)2 is a conventional 3D AFM state, and no obvious spin frustration effects were detected in its ground state

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; SERB (India); Government of India
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1899318
Report Number(s):
IS-J-10,942
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 51; ISSN 0953-8984
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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