Ordering due to quantum fluctuations in Sr2Cu3O4Cl2

  • Y. J. Kim
  • , A. Aharony
  • , R. J. Birgeneau
  • , F. C. Chou
  • , O. Entin-Wohlman
  • , R. W. Erwin
  • , M. Greven
  • , A. B. Harris
  • , M. A. Kastner
  • , I. Ya Korenblit
  • , Y. S. Lee
  • , G. Shirane

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Abstract

Sr2Cu3O4Cl2 has CuI and CuII subsystems, forming interpenetrating S=1/2 square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets. The classical ground state is degenerate, due to frustration of the intersubsystem interactions. Magnetic neutron scattering experiments show that quantum fluctuations cause a two dimensional Ising ordering of the CuII’s, lifting the degeneracy, and a dramatic increase of the CuI out-of-plane spin-wave gap, unique for order out of disorder. The spin-wave energies are quantitatively predicted by calculations which include quantum fluctuations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)852-855
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume83
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1999

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