Frustrated magnetic cycloidal structure and emergent Potts nematicity in CaMn2P2

Islam, Farhan; Trevisan, Thaís V.; Heitmann, Thomas; Pakhira, Santanu; Riberolles, Simon M.; Sangeetha, N. S.; Johnston, David C.; Orth, Peter P.; Vaknin, David

doi:10.1103/physrevb.107.054425

Frustrated magnetic cycloidal structure and emergent Potts nematicity in CaMn 2 P 2

Journal Article · Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.107.054425· OSTI ID:1959191

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Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

We report neutron-diffraction results on single-crystal CaMn₂P₂ containing corrugated Mn honeycomb layers, and we determine its ground-state magnetic structure. The diffraction patterns consist of prominent (1/6,1/6, L ) reciprocal-lattice unit (r.l.u.; L = integer) magnetic Bragg reflections, whose temperature-dependent intensities are consistent with a first-order antiferromagnetic phase transition at the Néel temperature T_N = 70 (1) K. Our analysis of the diffraction patterns reveals an in-plane 6 × 6 magnetic unit cell with ordered spins that in the principal-axis directions rotate by 60°steps between nearest neighbors on each sublattice that forms the honeycomb structure, consistent with the P_Ac magnetic space group. We find that a few other magnetic subgroup symmetries (P_A²/c, P_C2/m, P_S1, P_C2, P_Cm, P_S1) of the paramagnetic $$P\bar{3}m11'$$ crystal symmetry are consistent with the observed diffraction pattern. We relate our findings to frustrated J₁-J₂-J₃ Heisenberg honeycomb antiferromagnets with single-ion anisotropy and the emergence of Potts nematicity.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1959191

Report Number(s):: IS-J 11,005

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 107; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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