Thermal evolution of spin excitations in honeycomb Ising antiferromagnetic FePSe3

Chen, Lebing; Teng, Xiaokun; Hu, Ding; Ye, Feng; Granroth, Garrett E.; Yi, Ming; Chung, Jae-Ho; Birgeneau, Robert J.; Dai, Pengcheng

doi:10.1038/s41535-024-00651-5

Title: Thermal evolution of spin excitations in honeycomb Ising antiferromagnetic FePSe₃

Journal Article · 12 May 2024 · npj Quantum Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00651-5 · OSTI ID:2438080

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University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Hangzhou Normal University (China)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Korea Univ., Seoul, (Korea, Republic of)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

We use elastic and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) to study the antiferromagnetic (AF) phase transitions and spin excitations in the two-dimensional (2D) zig-zag antiferromagnet FePSe₃. By determining the magnetic order parameter across the AF phase transition, we conclude that the AF phase transition in FePSe₃ is first-order in nature. In addition, our INS measurements reveal that the spin waves in the AF ordered state have a large easy-axis magnetic anisotropy gap, consistent with an Ising Hamiltonian, and possible biquadratic magnetic exchange interactions. On warming across T_N, we find that dispersive spin excitations associated with three-fold rotational symmetric AF fluctuations change into FM spin fluctuations above T_N. These results suggest that the first-order AF phase transition in FePSe₃ may arise from the competition between C₃ symmetric AF and C₁ symmetric FM spin fluctuations around T_N, in place of a conventional second-order AF phase transition.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2438080

Journal Information:: npj Quantum Materials, Journal Name: npj Quantum Materials Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2397-4648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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