Local distortion driven magnetic phase switching in pyrochlore $Yb_2(Ti_{1-x}Sn_x)_2O_7$

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Yuanpeng, Dun, Zhiling, Cai, Yunqi, Xing, Chengkun, Cui, Qi, Muniraju, Naveen Kumar Chogondahalli, Zhang, Qiang, Li, Yongqing, Cheng, Jinguang, Zhou, Haidong
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author Zhang, Yuanpeng
Dun, Zhiling
Cai, Yunqi
Xing, Chengkun
Cui, Qi
Muniraju, Naveen Kumar Chogondahalli
Zhang, Qiang
Li, Yongqing
Cheng, Jinguang
Zhou, Haidong
author_facet Zhang, Yuanpeng
Dun, Zhiling
Cai, Yunqi
Xing, Chengkun
Cui, Qi
Muniraju, Naveen Kumar Chogondahalli
Zhang, Qiang
Li, Yongqing
Cheng, Jinguang
Zhou, Haidong
contents While it is commonly accepted that the disorder induced by magnetic ion doping in quantum magnets usually generates a rugged free-energy landscape resulting in slow or glassy spin dynamics, the disorder/distortion effects associated with non-magnetic ion sites doping are still illusive. Here, using AC susceptibility measurements, we show that the mixture of Sn/Ti on the non-magnetic ion sites of pyrochlore $Yb_2(Ti_{1-x}Sn_x)_2O_7$ induces an antiferromagnetic ground state despite both parent compounds, $Yb_2Ti_2O_7$, and $Yb_2Sn_2O_7$, order ferromagnetically. Local structure studies through neutron total scattering reveals the local distortion in the non-magnetic ion sites and its strong correlation with the magnetic phase switching. Our study, for the first time, demonstrates the local distortion as induced by the non-magnetic ion site mixture could be a new path to achieve magnetic phase switching, which has been traditionally obtained by external stimuli such as temperature, magnetic field, pressure, strain, light, etc.
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spellingShingle Local distortion driven magnetic phase switching in pyrochlore $Yb_2(Ti_{1-x}Sn_x)_2O_7$
Zhang, Yuanpeng
Dun, Zhiling
Cai, Yunqi
Xing, Chengkun
Cui, Qi
Muniraju, Naveen Kumar Chogondahalli
Zhang, Qiang
Li, Yongqing
Cheng, Jinguang
Zhou, Haidong
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
While it is commonly accepted that the disorder induced by magnetic ion doping in quantum magnets usually generates a rugged free-energy landscape resulting in slow or glassy spin dynamics, the disorder/distortion effects associated with non-magnetic ion sites doping are still illusive. Here, using AC susceptibility measurements, we show that the mixture of Sn/Ti on the non-magnetic ion sites of pyrochlore $Yb_2(Ti_{1-x}Sn_x)_2O_7$ induces an antiferromagnetic ground state despite both parent compounds, $Yb_2Ti_2O_7$, and $Yb_2Sn_2O_7$, order ferromagnetically. Local structure studies through neutron total scattering reveals the local distortion in the non-magnetic ion sites and its strong correlation with the magnetic phase switching. Our study, for the first time, demonstrates the local distortion as induced by the non-magnetic ion site mixture could be a new path to achieve magnetic phase switching, which has been traditionally obtained by external stimuli such as temperature, magnetic field, pressure, strain, light, etc.
title Local distortion driven magnetic phase switching in pyrochlore $Yb_2(Ti_{1-x}Sn_x)_2O_7$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01807