Ferromagnetic Moment and Spin Rotation Transitions in Tetragonal Antiferromagnetic Sr2Cu3O4Cl2

F. C. Chou, Amnon Aharony, R. J. Birgeneau, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Greven, A. B. Harris, M. A. Kastner, Y. J. Kim, D. S. Kleinberg, Y. S. Lee, and Q. Zhu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 535 – Published 20 January 1997
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Abstract

Sr2Cu3O4Cl2 is a variant of the lamellar copper oxides, containing an extra Cu2+ ion in the center of every second plaquette of the square CuO2 lattice. The two types of Cu form interpenetrating Heisenberg antiferromagnets, which order at 380 and 40 K. Magnetization measurements yield a small spontaneous ferromagnetic moment below 380 K and two spin rotation transitions. The results are explained in detail by a pseudodipolar coupling between the two Cu lattices. A quantitative analysis of the data yields several previously unknown microscopic coupling constants, relevant to other lamellar, chain, and ladder copper oxides.

  • Received 3 October 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.535

©1997 American Physical Society

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F. C. Chou1, Amnon Aharony1,2, R. J. Birgeneau1, O. Entin-Wohlman2, M. Greven1, A. B. Harris3, M. A. Kastner1, Y. J. Kim1, D. S. Kleinberg1, Y. S. Lee1, and Q. Zhu4

  • 1Center of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
  • 2School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
  • 4Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

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Vol. 78, Iss. 3 — 20 January 1997

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