Low temperature structural phase transition and incommensurate lattice modulation in the spin gap compound BaCuSi2O6

Details Low temperature structural phase transition and incommensurate lattice modulation in the spin gap compound BaCuSi2O6 Low temperature structural phase transition and incommensurate lattice modulation in the spin gap compound BaCuSi2O6

2005-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512560v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.100407

Results of high resolution x-ray diffraction experiments are presented for single crystals of the spin gap compound BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ in the temperature range from 16 to 300 K. The data show clear evidence of a transition from the room temperature tetragonal phase into an incommensurately modulated orthorhombic structure below $\sim$100 K. This lattice modulation is characterized by a resolution limited wave vector {\bf q}$_{IC}$=(0,$\sim$0.13,0) and its 2$^{nd}$ and 3$^{rd}$ harmonics. The phase transition is first order and exhibits considerable hysteresis. This observation implies that the spin Hamiltonian representing the system is more complex than originally thought.

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