Complex field-induced states in Linarite PbCuSO$_4$(OH)$_2$ with a variety of high-order exotic SDW$_p$ states
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Willenberg, B.; Schäpers, M.; Wolter, A. U. B.; Drechsler, S. -L.; Reehuis, M.; Büchner, B.; Studer, A. J.; Rule, K. C.; Ouladdiaf, B.; Süllow, S.; Nishimoto, S.
- Source
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 047202 (2016)
- Subject
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
- Language
Low-temperature neutron diffraction and NMR studies of field-induced phases in linarite are presented for magnetic fields $H \parallel b$ axis. A two-step spin-flop transition is observed as well as a transition transforming a helical magnetic ground state into an unusual magnetic phase with sine-wave modulated moments $\parallel H$. An effective $\tilde{J}_1$-$\tilde{J}_2$ single-chain model with a magnetization-dependent frustration ratio $\alpha_{\rm eff} = -\tilde{J}_2/\tilde{J}_1$ is proposed. The latter is governed by skew interchain couplings and shifted to the vicinity of the ferromagnetic critical point. It explains qualitatively the observation of a rich variety of exotic (for strongly correlated cuprate spin-1/2 Heisenberg systems) longitudinal collinear spin-density wave SDW$_p$ states ($9 \geq p \geq 2$).