Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
12-10-2004
Publication Source
Physical Review Letters
Volume
93
Start Page
247201-1
Last Page
247201-4
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.247201
Abstract
We present thermodynamic and neutron data on Ni3V2O8, a spin-1 system on a kagomé staircase. The extreme degeneracy of the kagomé antiferromagnet is lifted to produce two incommensurate phases at finite T—one amplitude modulated, the other helical—plus a commensurate canted antiferromagnet for T→0. The H−T phase diagram is described by a model of competing first and second neighbor interactions with smaller anisotropic terms. Ni3V2O8 thus provides an elegant example of order from subleading interactions in a highly frustrated system.
Recommended Citation
Lawes, G. J., Kenzelmann, M., Rogado, N. S., Kim, K., Jorge, G. A., Cava, R. J., Aharony, A., Entin-Wohlman, O., Harris, A., Yildirim, T., Huang, Q., Park, S., Broholm, C., & Ramirez, A. P. (2004). Competing Magnetic Phases on a Kagomé Staircase. Physical Review Letters, 93 247201-1-247201-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.247201
Date Posted: 20 August 2015
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
At the time of publication, author Taner Yildirim was affiliated with the NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Currently, he is a faculty member in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania.