Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-09-24
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 077201 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.077201
Coupling between spin and lattice degrees of freedom are important in geometrically frustrated magnets where they can lead to degeneracy lifting and novel orders. We show that moderate spin-lattice couplings in triangular and Kagome antiferromagnets can induce complex colinear magnetic orders. When classical Heisenberg spins on the triangular lattice are coupled to Einstein phonons, a rich variety of phases emerge, including the experimentally observed four sublattice state and the five sublattice 1/5th plateau state seen in the magneto-electric material CuFeO$_2$. In addition we predict magnetization plateaus at 1/3, 3/7, 1/2, 3/5 and 5/7 at these couplings. Strong spin-lattice couplings induce a striped colinear state, seen in $\alpha$-NaFeO$_2$ and MnBr$_2$. On the Kagome lattice, moderate spin-lattice couplings induce colinear order, but an extensive degeneracy remains.
Vishwanath Ashvin
Wang Faming
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