Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
7-26-1999
Publication Source
Physical Review Letters
Volume
83
Issue
4
Start Page
852
Last Page
855
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.852
Abstract
Sr2Cu3O4Cl2 has CuI and CuII subsystems, forming interpenetrating S=1/2 square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets. The classical ground state is degenerate, due to frustration of the intersubsystem interactions. Magnetic neutron scattering experiments show that quantum fluctuations cause a two dimensional Ising ordering of the CuII's, lifting the degeneracy, and a dramatic increase of the CuI out-of-plane spin-wave gap, unique for order out of disorder. The spin-wave energies are quantitatively predicted by calculations which include quantum fluctuations.
Recommended Citation
Kim, Y., Aharony, A., Birgeneau, R. J., Chou, F., Entin-Wohlman, O., Erwin, R. W., Greven, M., Harris, A., Kastner, M. A., Korenblit, I., Lee, Y., & Shirane, G. (1999). Ordering Due to Quantum Fluctuations in Sr2Cu3O4Cl2. Physical Review Letters, 83 (4), 852-855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.852
Date Posted: 20 August 2015
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