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Amplitude mode in the planar triangular antiferromagnet Na0.9MnO2

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  • Rebecca L. Dally

    (University of California
    Boston College)

  • Yang Zhao

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology
    University of Maryland)

  • Zhijun Xu

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology
    University of Maryland)

  • Robin Chisnell

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

  • M. B. Stone

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Jeffrey W. Lynn

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

  • Leon Balents

    (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • Stephen D. Wilson

    (University of California)

Abstract

Amplitude modes arising from symmetry breaking in materials are of broad interest in condensed matter physics. These modes reflect an oscillation in the amplitude of a complex order parameter, yet are typically unstable and decay into oscillations of the order parameter’s phase. This renders stable amplitude modes rare, and exotic effects in quantum antiferromagnets have historically provided a realm for their detection. Here we report an alternate route to realizing amplitude modes in magnetic materials by demonstrating that an antiferromagnet on a two-dimensional anisotropic triangular lattice (α-Na0.9MnO2) exhibits a long-lived, coherent oscillation of its staggered magnetization field. Our results show that geometric frustration of Heisenberg spins with uniaxial single-ion anisotropy can renormalize the interactions of a dense two-dimensional network of moments into largely decoupled, one-dimensional chains that manifest a longitudinally polarized-bound state. This bound state is driven by the Ising-like anisotropy inherent to the Mn3+ ions of this compound.

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  • Rebecca L. Dally & Yang Zhao & Zhijun Xu & Robin Chisnell & M. B. Stone & Jeffrey W. Lynn & Leon Balents & Stephen D. Wilson, 2018. "Amplitude mode in the planar triangular antiferromagnet Na0.9MnO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04601-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04601-1
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