Quantum Versus Jahn-Teller Orbital Physics in YVO$_3$ and LaVO$_3$

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2004-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409299v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 176404 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures, (accepted by PRL)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.176404

We argue that the large Jahn-Teller (JT) distortions in YVO$_3$ and LaVO$_3$ should suppress the quantum orbital fluctuation. The unusual magnetic properties can be well explained based on LDA+$U$ calculations using experimental structures, in terms of the JT orbital. The observed splitting of the spin-wave dispersions for YVO$_3$ in C-type antiferromagnetic state is attributed to the inequivalent VO$_2$ layers in the crystal structure, instead of the ``orbital Peierls state''. Alternative stacking of $ab$-plane exchange couplings produces the c-axis spin-wave splitting, thus the spin system is highly three dimensional rather than quasi-one-dimensional. Similar splitting is also predicted for LaVO$_3$, although it is weak.

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