One-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetism in the p -orbital CsO2 compound revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance
Knaflic T, Klanjsek M, Sans A, Adler P, Jansen M, Felser C, Arcon D (2015)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Book Volume: 91
Article Number: 174419
Journal Issue: 17
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174419
Abstract
Recently, it was proposed that the orbital ordering of πx,y∗ molecular orbitals in the superoxide CsO2 compound leads to the formation of spin-1/2 chains below the structural phase transition occurring at Ts1=61 K on cooling. Here we report a detailed X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of this phase in CsO2 powder. The EPR signal appears as a broad line below Ts1, which is replaced by the antiferromagnetic resonance below the Néel temperature TN=8.3 K. The temperature dependence of the EPR linewidth between Ts1 and TN agrees with the predictions for the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain of S=1/2 spins in the presence of symmetric anisotropic exchange interaction. Complementary analysis of the EPR line shape, linewidth, and the signal intensity within the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) framework allows for a determination of the TLL exponent K=0.48. Present EPR data thus fully comply with the quantum antiferromagnetic state of spin-1/2 chains in the orbitally ordered phase of CsO2, which is therefore a unique p-orbital system where such a state could be studied.
Involved external institutions
Jožef Stefan Institute
Slovenia (SI)
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (MPI CPfS) / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Germany (DE)
Slovenia (SI)
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (MPI CPfS) / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Germany (DE)
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APA:
Knaflic, T., Klanjsek, M., Sans, A., Adler, P., Jansen, M., Felser, C., & Arcon, D. (2015). One-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetism in the p -orbital CsO2 compound revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 91(17). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174419
MLA:
Knaflic, Tilen, et al. "One-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetism in the p -orbital CsO2 compound revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance." Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 91.17 (2015).
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