Spiral order in Ba{sub 2}CuGe{sub 2}O{sub 7}
Conference
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OSTI ID:437760
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Applied Physics
The quasi 2-D square-lattice antiferromagnet Ba{sub 2}CuGe{sub 2}O{sub 7} was studied by neutron scattering and bulk magnetic techniques. An incommensurate magnetic spiral structure with the propagation vector (1+{xi}, 1+{xi}, 0)({xi}=0.027) was observed below T{sub N}=3.26 K. Spin dynamics can be adequately described by conventional spin-wave theory with two exchange constants: nearest- neighbor in-plant antiferromagnetic coupling J{sub 1}{approx}0.48 meV and interplane ferromagnetic interaction J{sub 3}{approx}0.013 meV. This set of exchange parameters apparently fails to explain the spiral order. The non-centrosymmetric crystal structure suggests that the incommensurate phase may be the result of a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya instability of the Neel ground state.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 437760
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--63422; CONF-9610249--1; ON: DE97002906
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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