Three-dimensional checkerboard spin structure on a breathing pyrochlore lattice

0585425 - FZÚ 2025 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Dronova, M. G. - Petříček, Václav - Morgan, Z. - Ye, F. - Silevitch, D. M. - Feng, Y.
Three-dimensional checkerboard spin structure on a breathing pyrochlore lattice.
Physical Review B. Roč. 109, č. 6 (2024), č. článku 064421. ISSN 2469-9950. E-ISSN 2469-9969
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : spin structure * pyrochlore lattice * ferromgnetics * neutron magnetic diffraction * JANA
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Impact factor: 3.7, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

The standard approach to realize a spin-liquid state is through magnetically frustrated states, relying on ingredients such as the lattice geometry, dimensionality, and magnetic interaction type of the spins.While Heisenberg spins on a pyrochlore lattice with only antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interactions are theoretically proven disordered, spins in real systems generally include longer-range interactions. The spatial correlations at longer distances typically stabilize a long-range order rather than enhancing a spin-liquid state. Both states can, however, be destroyed by short-range static correlations introduced by chemical disorder. Here, using disorder-free specimens with a clear long-range antiferromagnetic order, we refine the spin structure of the Heisenberg spinel ZnFe2O4 through neutron magnetic diffraction.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353133