Magnetic properties of a quantum spin ladder in proximity to the isotropic limit

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Contributors

  • S. A. Zvyagin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • A. N. Ponomaryov - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Florida State University (Author)
  • M. Ozerov - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • E. Schulze - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • Y. Skourski - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • R. Beyer - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • T. Reimann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • L. I. Zviagina - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • E. L. Green - , 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)
  • I. Sheikin - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • P. Bouillot - , University of Geneva (Author)
  • T. Giamarchi - , University of Geneva (Author)
  • J. L. Wikara - , University of Canterbury (Author)
  • M. M. Turnbull - , Clark University (Author)
  • C. P. Landee - , Clark University (Author)

Abstract

We report on the synthesis, crystal structure, magnetic, thermodynamic, and electron-spin-resonance properties of the coordination complex [Cu2(pz)3(4-HOpy)4](ClO4)4 (pz=pyrazine; 4-HOpy=4-hydroxypyridine). This material is identified as a spin-1/2 Heisenberg ladder system with exchange-coupling parameters Jrung/kB=12.1(1)K and Jleg/kB=10.5(3)K [Jrung/Jleg=1.15(4)]. For single crystals our measurements revealed two critical fields, μ0Hc1=4.63(5)T and μ0Hc2=22.78(5)T (for H∥a∗), separating the gapped spin-liquid, gapless Tomonaga-Luttinger-liquid, and fully spin-polarized phase. No signature of a field-induced transition into a magnetically ordered phase was found at temperatures down to 450 mK. The material bridges an important gap by providing an excellent physical realization of an almost isotropic spin-1/2 strong-rung Heisenberg ladder system with modest exchange-coupling energy and critical-field scales.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number205131
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume103
Issue number20
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 18 May 2021
Peer-reviewedYes