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Title: Softening of breathing elastic mode and trigonal elastic mode in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo2F7

Abstract

Cobalt pyrochlore fluoride NaCaCo2F7 is a disordered frustrated magnet that is composed of Co2+ ions with an effective spin-12 magnetic moment and that exhibits spin freezing below $$T_f ~$$ 2.4 K. Here, we perform ultrasound velocity measurements on a single crystal of the cubic NaCaCo2F7. The temperature dependence of the bulk modulus (the breathing elastic mode) exhibits Curie-type softening upon cooling below ~20 K down to $$T_f$$, which is suppressed by the magnetic field. This Curie-type softening should be a precursor to the enhancement of the strength of exchange disorder via the spin-lattice coupling, which causes the spin freezing. In contrast to the magnetic-field-suppressed Curie-type softening in the bulk modulus, the trigonal shear modulus exhibits softening with a characteristic minimum upon cooling, which is enhanced by the magnetic field at temperatures below ~20 K. This magnetic-field-enhanced elastic anomaly in the trigonal shear modulus suggests a coupling of the lattice to the dynamical spin-cluster state. For NaCaCo2F7, the observed elastic anomalies reveal an occurrence of magnetic-field-induced crossover from an isostructural lattice instability toward the spin freezing to a trigonal lattice instability arising from the emergent dynamical spin-cluster state.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3]
  1. Nihon Univ., Tokyo (Japan)
  2. Ibaraki College, Hitachinaka (Japan)
  3. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Institute for Quantum Matter
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
OSTI Identifier:
1803705
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019331; 17K05520
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Materials Science; Physics

Citation Formats

Watanabe, T., Kato, H., Hara, Y., Krizan, J. W., and Cava, R. J. Softening of breathing elastic mode and trigonal elastic mode in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo2F7. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.101.214425.
Watanabe, T., Kato, H., Hara, Y., Krizan, J. W., & Cava, R. J. Softening of breathing elastic mode and trigonal elastic mode in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo2F7. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.214425
Watanabe, T., Kato, H., Hara, Y., Krizan, J. W., and Cava, R. J. Mon . "Softening of breathing elastic mode and trigonal elastic mode in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo2F7". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.214425. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803705.
@article{osti_1803705,
title = {Softening of breathing elastic mode and trigonal elastic mode in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo2F7},
author = {Watanabe, T. and Kato, H. and Hara, Y. and Krizan, J. W. and Cava, R. J.},
abstractNote = {Cobalt pyrochlore fluoride NaCaCo2F7 is a disordered frustrated magnet that is composed of Co2+ ions with an effective spin-12 magnetic moment and that exhibits spin freezing below $T_f ~$ 2.4 K. Here, we perform ultrasound velocity measurements on a single crystal of the cubic NaCaCo2F7. The temperature dependence of the bulk modulus (the breathing elastic mode) exhibits Curie-type softening upon cooling below ~20 K down to $T_f$, which is suppressed by the magnetic field. This Curie-type softening should be a precursor to the enhancement of the strength of exchange disorder via the spin-lattice coupling, which causes the spin freezing. In contrast to the magnetic-field-suppressed Curie-type softening in the bulk modulus, the trigonal shear modulus exhibits softening with a characteristic minimum upon cooling, which is enhanced by the magnetic field at temperatures below ~20 K. This magnetic-field-enhanced elastic anomaly in the trigonal shear modulus suggests a coupling of the lattice to the dynamical spin-cluster state. For NaCaCo2F7, the observed elastic anomalies reveal an occurrence of magnetic-field-induced crossover from an isostructural lattice instability toward the spin freezing to a trigonal lattice instability arising from the emergent dynamical spin-cluster state.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.101.214425},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 21,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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