Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2005-08-03
Phys. Rev. B 72, 174414 (2005).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
15+ pages, 14 Figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.174414
We study the effects of external magnetic field on the properties of an ordered Heisenberg antiferromagnet with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction. Using the spin-wave theory quantum correction to the energy, on-site magnetization, and uniform magnetization are calculated as a function of the field H and the DM anisotropy constant D. It is shown that the spin-wave excitations exhibit an unusual field-evolution of the gaps. This leads to various non-analytic dependencies of the quantum corrections on H and D. It is also demonstrated that, quite generally, the DM interaction suppresses quantum fluctuations, thus driving the system to a more classical ground state. Most of the discussion is devoted to the spin-S, two-dimensional square lattice antiferromagnet, whose S=1/2 case is closely realized in K2V3O8 where at H=0 the DM anisotropy is hidden by the easy-axis anisotropy but is revealed in a finite field. The theoretical results for the field-dependence of the spin-excitation gaps in this material are presented and the implications for other systems are discussed.
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