Deformed triangular lattice antiferromagnets in a magnetic field: role of spatial anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions

Details Deformed triangular lattice antiferromagnets in a magnetic field: role of spatial anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions Deformed triangular lattice antiferromagnets in a magnetic field: role of spatial anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions

2011-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/1107.0772v4

Phys. Rev. B 84, 245108 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

22 pages, 16 figures; Submission errors corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245108

Recent experiments on the anisotropic spin-1/2 triangular antiferromagnet Cs_2CuBr_4 have revealed a remarkably rich phase diagram in applied magnetic fields, consisting of an unexpectedly large number of ordered phases. Motivated by this finding, we study the role of spatial anisotropy, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, and quantum fluctuations on the magnetization process of a triangular antiferromagnet, coming from the semiclassical limit. The richness of the problem stems from two key facts: 1) the classical isotropic model exhibits a large accidental ground state degeneracy, and 2) these three ingredients compete with one another and split this degeneracy in opposing ways. Using a variety of complementary approaches, including extensive Monte Carlo numerics, spin-wave theory, and an analysis of Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons at high fields, we find that their interplay gives rise to a complex phase diagram consisting of numerous incommensurate and commensurate phases. Our results shed light on the observed phase diagram for Cs_2CuBr_4 and suggest a number of future theoretical and experimental directions that will be useful for obtaining a complete understanding of this material's interesting phenomenology.

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