Coupled spin-charge order in frustrated itinerant triangular magnets

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Contributors

  • Sahinur Reja - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Rajyavardhan Ray - , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (Author)
  • Jeroen Van Den Brink - , Chair of Solid State Theory, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Sanjeev Kumar - , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (Author)

Abstract

We uncover four spin-charge ordered ground states in the strong coupling limit of the Kondo lattice model on triangular geometry. The results are obtained using Monte Carlo simulations, with a classical treatment of localized moments. Two of the states at one-third electronic filling (n = 1/3) consist of decorated ferromagnetic chains coupled antiferromagnetically with the neighboring chains. The third magnetic ground state is noncollinear, consisting of antiferromagnetic chains separated by a pair of canted ferromagnetic chains. An even more unusual magnetic ground state, a variant of the 120° Yafet-Kittel phase, is discovered at n = 2/3. These magnetic orders are stabilized by opening a gap in the electronic spectrum: a "band effect." All the phases support modulations in the electronic charge density due to the presence of magnetically inequivalent sites. In particular, the charge ordering pattern found at n = 2/3 is observed in various triangular lattice systems, such as 2H-AgNiO2, 3R-AgNiO2, and NaxCoO2.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number140403
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume91
Issue number14
Publication statusPublished - 9 Apr 2015
Peer-reviewedYes