Coexistence of anomalous spin dynamics and weak magnetic order in a chiral trillium lattice K2FeSn(PO4)3

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Hauptverfasser: Khatua, J., Krishnamoorthi, S., Koo, Changhyun, Ban, Gyungbin, Kim, Taeyun, Kim, Suyoung, Oshima, Yugo, Krieger, Jonas A., Hicken, Thomas J., Luetkens, Hubertus, Uhlarz, Marc, Mun, Eundeok, Lee, Kyeong Jun, Chang, Seo Hyoung, Sankar, R., Choi, Kwang-Yong
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author Khatua, J.
Krishnamoorthi, S.
Koo, Changhyun
Ban, Gyungbin
Kim, Taeyun
Kim, Suyoung
Oshima, Yugo
Krieger, Jonas A.
Hicken, Thomas J.
Luetkens, Hubertus
Uhlarz, Marc
Mun, Eundeok
Lee, Kyeong Jun
Chang, Seo Hyoung
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
author_facet Khatua, J.
Krishnamoorthi, S.
Koo, Changhyun
Ban, Gyungbin
Kim, Taeyun
Kim, Suyoung
Oshima, Yugo
Krieger, Jonas A.
Hicken, Thomas J.
Luetkens, Hubertus
Uhlarz, Marc
Mun, Eundeok
Lee, Kyeong Jun
Chang, Seo Hyoung
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
contents Trillium lattices, where magnetic ions form a three-dimensional chiral network of corner-sharing equilateral triangular motifs, offer a prominent platform to explore exotic quantum states. In this work, we report ground-state properties of the $S$ = 5/2 trillium lattice compound K$_{2}$FeSn(PO$_{4}$)$_{3}$ through thermodynamic, electron spin resonance (ESR), and muon spin relaxation ($μ$SR) experiments. Thermodynamic and ESR measurements reveal the two-step evolution of magnetic correlations across $T^{*}$ = 11 K, which results from an interplay between dominant antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interactions and subleading interactions. Below $T^{*}$, \textit{dc} and \textit{ac} magnetic susceptibilities indicate weak \textcolor{black}{magnetic ordering} at $T_{\rm N} \approx 2$ K under low fields, which is suppressed for $μ_{0}H \geq 2$ T, consistent with a power-law dependence of magnetic specific heat at low temperatures. $μ$SR experiments confirm the dominance of persistent spin dynamics and the absence of conventional spin freezing, supporting the subtle nature of weak magnetic ordering coexisting with spin-liquid-like fluctuations. These findings underscore the potential for realizing a classical spin-liquid ground state with exotic excitations in high-spin trillium lattice systems.
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spellingShingle Coexistence of anomalous spin dynamics and weak magnetic order in a chiral trillium lattice K2FeSn(PO4)3
Khatua, J.
Krishnamoorthi, S.
Koo, Changhyun
Ban, Gyungbin
Kim, Taeyun
Kim, Suyoung
Oshima, Yugo
Krieger, Jonas A.
Hicken, Thomas J.
Luetkens, Hubertus
Uhlarz, Marc
Mun, Eundeok
Lee, Kyeong Jun
Chang, Seo Hyoung
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Trillium lattices, where magnetic ions form a three-dimensional chiral network of corner-sharing equilateral triangular motifs, offer a prominent platform to explore exotic quantum states. In this work, we report ground-state properties of the $S$ = 5/2 trillium lattice compound K$_{2}$FeSn(PO$_{4}$)$_{3}$ through thermodynamic, electron spin resonance (ESR), and muon spin relaxation ($μ$SR) experiments. Thermodynamic and ESR measurements reveal the two-step evolution of magnetic correlations across $T^{*}$ = 11 K, which results from an interplay between dominant antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interactions and subleading interactions. Below $T^{*}$, \textit{dc} and \textit{ac} magnetic susceptibilities indicate weak \textcolor{black}{magnetic ordering} at $T_{\rm N} \approx 2$ K under low fields, which is suppressed for $μ_{0}H \geq 2$ T, consistent with a power-law dependence of magnetic specific heat at low temperatures. $μ$SR experiments confirm the dominance of persistent spin dynamics and the absence of conventional spin freezing, supporting the subtle nature of weak magnetic ordering coexisting with spin-liquid-like fluctuations. These findings underscore the potential for realizing a classical spin-liquid ground state with exotic excitations in high-spin trillium lattice systems.
title Coexistence of anomalous spin dynamics and weak magnetic order in a chiral trillium lattice K2FeSn(PO4)3
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12076