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Ho2Ti2O7中静态和动态自旋冰相关性的再研究

Revisiting Static and Dynamic Spin Ice Correlations in Ho2Ti2O7

J. P. Clancy, J. P. C. Ruff, S. R. Dunsiger, Y. Zhao, H. A. Dabkowska, J. S. Gardner, Y. Qiu, J. R. D. Copley, T. Jenkins, B. D. Gaulin

摘要:

对烧绿石磁体Ho_2 Ti_2 O_7进行了弹性和非弹性中子散射研究。在零外加磁场中的测量表明,无序自旋冰基态的Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7的特征在于由矩形漫弹性散射图案内的[HHL]平面的倒易空间,这非常类似于区边界散射中看到它的姐妹化合物Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7。区域边界散射中定义明确的峰仅在~ 2 K以下的自旋冰基态内形成。相比之下,整个漫散射图案在~ 17 K的高得多的温度尺度上演变。在[001]以下的小波矢处的漫散射被发现在Q=0时消失,这是对偶极自旋冰的期望的明确签名。非常高的能量分辨率的非弹性测量表明,自旋冰基态低于2 K的特点也是从动态到静态自旋相关的10^{-9}秒的时间尺度上的过渡。在零场冷却条件下沿[1 ${\bar1}$ 0]方向施加磁场的测量表明,该系统可以分解为沿[1 ${\bar1}$ 0]的正交极化α链和沿[110]的准一维β链。研究表明,β链之间的三维相关性对[1 ${\bar1}$ 0]外部施加的磁场的精确对齐非常敏感。

英文摘要:

Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies have been carried out on the pyrochlore magnet Ho2Ti2O7. Measurements in zero applied magnetic field show that the disordered spin ice ground state of Ho2Ti2O7 is characterized by a pattern of rectangular diffuse elastic scattering within the [HHL] plane of reciprocal space, which closely resembles the zone boundary scattering seen in its sister compound Dy2Ti2O7. Well-defined peaks in the zone boundary scattering develop only within the spin ice ground state below ~ 2 K. In contrast, the overall diffuse scattering pattern evolves on a much higher temperature scale of ~ 17 K. The diffuse scattering at small wavevectors below [001] is found to vanish on going to Q=0, an explicit signature of expectations for dipolar spin ice. Very high energy-resolution inelastic measurements reveal that the spin ice ground state below ~ 2 K is also characterized by a transition from dynamic to static spin correlations on the time scale of 10^{-9} seconds. Measurements in a magnetic field applied along the [1${\bar1}$0] direction in zero-field cooled conditions show that the system can be broken up into orthogonal sets of polarized alpha chains along [1${\bar1}$0] and quasi-one-dimensional beta chains along [110]. Three dimensional correlations between beta chains are shown to be very sensitive to the precise alignment of the [1${\bar1}$0] externally applied magnetic field.

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