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| author | Jain, A. Adroja, D. T. Rayaprol, S. Hillier, A. D. Kockelmann, W. Yusuf, S. M. Sampathkumaran, E. V. |
| author_facet | Jain, A. Adroja, D. T. Rayaprol, S. Hillier, A. D. Kockelmann, W. Yusuf, S. M. Sampathkumaran, E. V. |
| contents | Entanglement of spin and orbital degrees of freedom, via relativistic spin-orbit coupling, in 4$d$ transition metal oxides can give rise to a variety of novel quantum phases. A previous study of mixed 3$d$-4$d$ quasi-1D spin-chain oxide Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$ using the magnetization measurements by Mohapatra et al. [Phys. Rev. B 75, 214422 (2007)] revealed a partially disordered antiferromagnetic (PDA) structure below 50 K [Mohapatra et al, Phys. Rev. B 75, 214422 (2007)]. We here report the magnetic ground state and spin-wave excitations in Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$, using muon spin rotation and relaxation ($μ$SR), and neutron (elastic and inelastic) scattering techniques. Our neutron diffraction study reveals that in the magnetic structure of Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$, Rh$^{4+}$ and Ni$^{2+}$ spins are aligned ferromagnetically in a spin-chain, with moments along the crystallographic $c$-axis. However, spin-chains are coupled antiferromanetically in the $ab$-plane. $μ$SR reveals the presence of oscillations in the asymmetry-time spectra below 50 K, supporting the long-range magnetically ordered ground state. Our inelastic neutron scattering study reveals gapped quasi-1D magnetic excitations with a large ratio of gap to exchange interaction. The observed spin-wave spectrum could be well fitted with a ferromagnetic isotropic exchange model (with $J = 3.7 $ meV) and single ion anisotropy ($D=10$ meV) on the Ni$^{2+}$ site. The magnetic excitations survive up to 85 K, well above the magnetic ordering temperature of $\sim 50$ K, also indicating a quasi-1D nature of the magnetic interactions in Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic ground state and excitations in mixed 3$d$-4$d$ quasi-1D spin-chain oxide Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$ Jain, A. Adroja, D. T. Rayaprol, S. Hillier, A. D. Kockelmann, W. Yusuf, S. M. Sampathkumaran, E. V. Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Entanglement of spin and orbital degrees of freedom, via relativistic spin-orbit coupling, in 4$d$ transition metal oxides can give rise to a variety of novel quantum phases. A previous study of mixed 3$d$-4$d$ quasi-1D spin-chain oxide Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$ using the magnetization measurements by Mohapatra et al. [Phys. Rev. B 75, 214422 (2007)] revealed a partially disordered antiferromagnetic (PDA) structure below 50 K [Mohapatra et al, Phys. Rev. B 75, 214422 (2007)]. We here report the magnetic ground state and spin-wave excitations in Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$, using muon spin rotation and relaxation ($μ$SR), and neutron (elastic and inelastic) scattering techniques. Our neutron diffraction study reveals that in the magnetic structure of Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$, Rh$^{4+}$ and Ni$^{2+}$ spins are aligned ferromagnetically in a spin-chain, with moments along the crystallographic $c$-axis. However, spin-chains are coupled antiferromanetically in the $ab$-plane. $μ$SR reveals the presence of oscillations in the asymmetry-time spectra below 50 K, supporting the long-range magnetically ordered ground state. Our inelastic neutron scattering study reveals gapped quasi-1D magnetic excitations with a large ratio of gap to exchange interaction. The observed spin-wave spectrum could be well fitted with a ferromagnetic isotropic exchange model (with $J = 3.7 $ meV) and single ion anisotropy ($D=10$ meV) on the Ni$^{2+}$ site. The magnetic excitations survive up to 85 K, well above the magnetic ordering temperature of $\sim 50$ K, also indicating a quasi-1D nature of the magnetic interactions in Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$. |
| title | Magnetic ground state and excitations in mixed 3$d$-4$d$ quasi-1D spin-chain oxide Sr$_3$NiRhO$_6$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12088 |