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Y $_2$ Mo $_2$ O $_7$自旋玻璃态的轨道二聚体模型

Orbital Dimer Model for Spin-Glass State in Y$_2$Mo$_2$O$_7$

Peter M. M. Thygesen, Joseph A. M. Paddison, Ronghuan Zhang, Kevin A. Beyer, Karena W. Chapman, Helen Y. Playford, Matthew G. Tucker, David A. Keen, Michael A. … 展开作者

Peter M. M. Thygesen, Joseph A. M. Paddison, Ronghuan Zhang, Kevin A. Beyer, Karena W. Chapman, Helen Y. Playford, Matthew G. Tucker, David A. Keen, Michael A. Hayward, Andrew L. Goodwin

摘要:

自旋玻璃的形成通常需要结构无序和受抑磁相互作用。因此,Y $_2$ Mo $_2$ O $_7$ $-$中自旋玻璃行为的起源是一个长期存在的问题,其中磁性Mo $^{4+}$离子占据了具有最小成分无序$-$的受抑烧绿石晶格。在这里,我们使用中子和X射线对分布函数(PDF)分析,开发一个无序模型,解决了以前报道的PDF,EXAFS和NMR研究之间明显的不兼容性,并提供了一个新的物理机制自旋玻璃形成。我们发现,Mo $^{4+}$离子根据本地的“2-in/2-out”规则,每个Mo $_4$四面体,由Jahn-Teller活性Mo $^{4+}$离子的轨道二聚化驱动。长程轨道秩序是防止宏观简并的烧绿石晶格所允许的二聚体覆盖。合作O $^{2-}$位移产生Mo $-$ O $-$ Mo角的分布,这又将无序引入磁相互作用。我们的研究表明,实验如何挫折的原子位移可以承担的作用,成分无序驱动自旋玻璃转变。

英文摘要:

The formation of a spin glass usually requires both structural disorder and frustrated magnetic interactions. Consequently, the origin of spin-glass behaviour in Y$_2$Mo$_2$O$_7$ $-$ in which magnetic Mo$^{4+}$ ions occupy a frustrated pyrochlore lattice with minimal compositional disorder $-$ has been a longstanding question. Here, we use neutron and X-ray pair-distribution function (PDF) analysis to develop a disorder model that resolves apparent incompatibilities between previously-reported PDF, EXAFS and NMR studies and provides a new and physical mechanism for spin-glass formation. We show that Mo$^{4+}$ ions displace according to a local "2-in/2-out" rule on each Mo$_4$ tetrahedron, driven by orbital dimerisation of Jahn-Teller active Mo$^{4+}$ ions. Long-range orbital order is prevented by the macroscopic degeneracy of dimer coverings permitted by the pyrochlore lattice. Cooperative O$^{2-}$ displacements yield a distribution of Mo$-$O$-$Mo angles, which in turn introduces disorder into magnetic interactions. Our study demonstrates experimentally how frustration of atomic displacements can assume the role of compositional disorder in driving a spin-glass transition.

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