Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-11-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.137202
The spin-lattice coupling plays an important role in strongly frustrated magnets. In ZnCr$_2$O$_4$, an excellent realization of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the ``pyrochlore'' network, a lattice distortion relieves the geometrical frustration through a spin-Peierls-like phase transition at $T_c = 12.5$ K. Conversely, spin correlations strongly influence the elastic properties of a frustrated magnet. By using infrared spectroscopy and published data on magnetic specific heat, we demonstrate that the frequency of an optical phonon triplet in ZnCr$_2$O$_4$ tracks the nearest-neighbor spin correlations above $T_c$. The splitting of the phonon triplet below $T_c$ provides a way to measure of the spin-Peierls order parameter.
Cheong Sang-Wook
Drew Dennis H.
II William Ratcliff
Sushkov Andrei B.
Tchernyshyov Oleg
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