Spin exchange dominated by charge fluctuations of the Wigner lattice in the newly synthesized chain cuprate Na5Cu3O6

Details Spin exchange dominated by charge fluctuations of the Wigner lattice in the newly synthesized chain cuprate Na5Cu3O6 Spin exchange dominated by charge fluctuations of the Wigner lattice in the newly synthesized chain cuprate Na5Cu3O6

2011-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1588v1

Phys. Rev. B 84, 035113 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

31 pages, 3 tables, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.035113

Na5Cu3O6, a new member of one dimensional charge ordered chain cuprates, was synthesized via the azide/nitrate route by reacting NaN3, NaNO3 and CuO. According to single crystal X-ray analysis, one dimensional CuO2 chains built up from planar, edge-sharing CuO4 squares are a dominant feature of the crystal structure. From the analysis of the Cu-O bond lengths we find that the system forms a Wigner lattice. The commensurate charge order allows to explicitly assign the valence states of either +2 or +3 to each copper atom resulting in a repetition according to Cu(2+)-Cu(3+)-Cu(2+)-Cu(2+)-Cu(3+)-Cu(2+). Following the theoretical analysis of the previously synthesized compounds Na3Cu2O4 and Na8Cu5O10, the magnetic susceptibility was expected to show a large dimer gap. Surprisingly, this is not the case. To resolve this puzzle, we show that the magnetic couplings in this compound are strongly affected by excitations across the Wigner charge gap. By including these contributions, which are distinct from conventional superexchange in Mott-insulators, we obtain a quantitative satisfying theoretical description of the magnetic susceptibility data.

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