Incommensurate and multiple-q magnetic misfit order in the frustrated quantum spin ladder material antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)4
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Abstract
In frustrated magnetic systems, the competition amongst interactions can introduce extremely high degeneracy and prevent the system from readily selecting a unique ground state. In such cases, the magnetic order is often exquisitely sensitive to the balance among the interactions, allowing tuning among novel magnetically ordered phases. In antlerite, Cu3SO4(OH)4, Cu2+ (S=1/2) quantum spins populate three-leg zigzag ladders in a highly frustrated quasi-one-dimensional structural motif. We demonstrate that at zero applied field, in addition to its recently reported low-temperature phase of coupled ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin chains, this mineral hosts an incommensurate helical+cycloidal state, an idle-spin state, and a multiple-q phase which is the magnetic analog of misfit crystal structures. The antiferromagnetic order on the central leg is reentrant. The high tunability of the magnetism in antlerite makes it a particularly promising platform for pursuing exotic magnetic order.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 174431 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2022 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| Scopus | 85143198236 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-2438-0672/work/142253080 |
| ORCID | /0000-0002-9171-7837/work/192446511 |
| WOS | 000909788100003 |