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Title: Block Magnetic Excitations in the Orbitally Selective Mott Insulator BaFe 2 Se 3

Abstract

Iron pnictides and selenides display a variety of unusual magnetic phases originating from the interplay between electronic, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom. Using powder inelastic neutron scattering on the two-leg ladder $$BaFe_2Se_3$$, we fully characterize the static and dynamic spin correlations associated with the Fe4 block state, an exotic magnetic ground state observed in this low-dimensional magnet and in Rb0.89Fe1.58Se2. All the magnetic excitations of the Fe4 block state predicted by an effective Heisenberg model with localized spins are observed below 300 meV and quantitatively reproduced. However, the data only account for 16(3)$$μ^2_B$$ per Fe2+, approximatively 2/3 of the total spectral weight expected for localized S=2 moments. Our results highlight how orbital degrees of freedom in iron-based magnets can conspire to stabilize an exotic magnetic state.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
  3. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  5. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1528744
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1201014
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-08ER46544
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Mourigal, M., Wu, Shan, Stone, M. B., Neilson, J. R., Caron, J. M., McQueen, T. M., and Broholm, C. L. Block Magnetic Excitations in the Orbitally Selective Mott Insulator BaFe2Se3. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.047401.
Mourigal, M., Wu, Shan, Stone, M. B., Neilson, J. R., Caron, J. M., McQueen, T. M., & Broholm, C. L. Block Magnetic Excitations in the Orbitally Selective Mott Insulator BaFe2Se3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.047401
Mourigal, M., Wu, Shan, Stone, M. B., Neilson, J. R., Caron, J. M., McQueen, T. M., and Broholm, C. L. Thu . "Block Magnetic Excitations in the Orbitally Selective Mott Insulator BaFe2Se3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.047401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1528744.
@article{osti_1528744,
title = {Block Magnetic Excitations in the Orbitally Selective Mott Insulator BaFe2Se3},
author = {Mourigal, M. and Wu, Shan and Stone, M. B. and Neilson, J. R. and Caron, J. M. and McQueen, T. M. and Broholm, C. L.},
abstractNote = {Iron pnictides and selenides display a variety of unusual magnetic phases originating from the interplay between electronic, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom. Using powder inelastic neutron scattering on the two-leg ladder $BaFe_2Se_3$, we fully characterize the static and dynamic spin correlations associated with the Fe4 block state, an exotic magnetic ground state observed in this low-dimensional magnet and in Rb0.89Fe1.58Se2. All the magnetic excitations of the Fe4 block state predicted by an effective Heisenberg model with localized spins are observed below 300 meV and quantitatively reproduced. However, the data only account for 16(3)$μ^2_B$ per Fe2+, approximatively 2/3 of the total spectral weight expected for localized S=2 moments. Our results highlight how orbital degrees of freedom in iron-based magnets can conspire to stabilize an exotic magnetic state.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.047401},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 4,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: (a) Crystal structure of BaFe2Se3 with a=11.88 Å, b=5.41 Å and c=9.14 Å. Ba-atoms are omitted. The Fe4 block ground-state is represented with light (spindown) and dark (spin-up) bold arrows. (b) Structure of an individual ladder. (c) Values of exchange interactions determined from our data using an effectivemore » Heisenberg model.« less

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