Lattice instability in frustrated systems Maxim Mostovoy MPI, Stuttgart Groningen, April 22, 2004 D. Khomskii, Cologne J. Knoester, Groningen R. Moessner, Paris N.V. Prokof´ev, Amherst
Outline Geometrical frustration Magnetoelastic transitions in frustrated spin systems Orbital interactions Frustration of orbital ordering and its lifting
Geometrical frustration
AFM Ising on triangular lattice Ground state entropy Spin correlations at T=0 (Wannier, Houtappel, 1950) (Stephenson, 1970)
Ordered state
Hard sphere liquid Alder & Wainwright (1957) Hoover & Ree (1968) S solid > S liquid
Kinks Kink energy Interactions between kinks in neighboring chains
Kink crystal 1 kink / 3 sites M.M., N.Prokof’ev, D.Khomskii & J.Knoester, PRL 90 (2003)
Frustrated spins coupled to lattice Strains:
Free energy
Frustration-induced transition Free energy First order transition Ordered state Disordered state
Cr 3+ S = 3/2 CW = -390K T N = 12.5K first order ZnCr 2 O 4 S.-H. Lee et al., PRL 84, 3718 (2000) O. Tchernyshyov et al., PRL 88, (2001)
AV 2 O 4 V 3+ S = 1 first order cubic to tetragonal c < a T N (K) T st (K) Zn Mg Cd H. Mamiya et al., J. Appl. Phys. 81, 5289 (1997)
Interactions between t 2g -orbitals
Tetrahedron states
Frustration and its lifting Jahn-Teller S.-H. Lee et al., cond-mat/
Orbital interactions Jahn-Teller interaction Coupled orbital & spin exchange (Kugel-Khomskii) `Orbital Casimir´ effect Peierls-like interaction
e g -orbitals
Jahn-Teller interaction
Lattice-mediated interaction
Kugel-Khomskii model (a): (b)(c)(d) (b)+(c): (a)
Orbital Casimir effect (U p,U d = ) HolesElectrons M.M. & D. Khomskii, Phys.Rev.Lett 89, (2002), cond-mat
exchange in 2D K 2 CuF 4 1e g hole/Cu canted antiferroorbital ferromagnetic
Frustrated orbital models xy yz zx xy yzzx triangular cubic pyrochlore 180 o -exchange 90 o -exchange LiNiO 2 ZnMn 2 O 4 xx yy zz KCuF 3
Mean field Triangular, pyrochlore ferro-obital Cubic antiferro-orbital G-type Disordered ground states arbitrary superposition
Order from disorder Quantum orbital fluctuations chose six unform states: G.Khaliullin, PR B 64, (2001) M.M. & D.Khomskii,PRL 89, (2002)
Strains
Orbital-strain interaction electron hole Jahn-Teller coupling Peierls coupling Strain energy
Ordered state layered canted antiferroorbital
Ordered state electrons holes LaMnO 3 KCuF 3
Conclusions Frustration of spin and orbital ordering makes the crystal lattice instable JT distortion occurs together with lattice distortion lifting the frustration of orbital ordering