Dimensional reduction and incommensurate dynamic correlations in the S=½ triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Ca3ReO5Cl2

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Contributors

  • S. A. Zvyagin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • A. N. Ponomaryov - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Clusters of Excellence ct.qmat: Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter, Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • D. Hirai - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Z. Hiroi - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • M. Gen - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Y. Kohama - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • A. Matsuo - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • Y. H. Matsuda - , The University of Tokyo (Author)
  • K. Kindo - , The University of Tokyo (Author)

Abstract

The observation of spinon excitations in the S=12 triangular antiferromagnet Ca3ReO5Cl2 reveals a quasi-one-dimensional (1D) nature of magnetic correlations, in spite of the nominally 2D magnetic structure. This phenomenon is known as frustration-induced dimensional reduction. Here, we present high-field electron spin resonance spectroscopy and magnetization studies of Ca3ReO5Cl2, allowing us not only to refine spin-Hamiltonian parameters, but also to investigate peculiarities of its low-energy spin dynamics. We argue that the presence of the uniform Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) shifts the spinon continuum in momentum space and, as a result, opens a zero-field gap at the Γ point. We observed this gap directly. The shift is found to be consistent with the structural modulation in the ordered state, suggesting this material as a perfect model triangular-lattice system, where a pure DMI-spiral ground state can be realized.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number6310
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalNature communications
Volume13
Issue number1
Early online date23 Oct 2022
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 36274086