Effect of pressure on the quantum spin ladder material IPA-CuCl3

  • Tao Hong
  • , V. O. Garlea
  • , A. Zheludev
  • , J. A. Fernandez-Baca
  • , H. Manaka
  • , S. Chang
  • , J. B. Leao
  • , S. J. Poulton

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Abstract

Inelastic-neutron-scattering and bulk magnetic-susceptibility studies of the quantum S=1/2 spin ladder system (CH3) 2CHNH3CuCl3 are performed under hydrostatic pressure. The pressure dependence of the spin gap Δ is determined. At P=1500 MPa it is reduced to Δ=0.79 meV from Δ=1.17 meV at ambient pressure. The results allow us to predict a soft-mode quantum phase transition in this system at Pc ∼4 GPa. The measurements are complicated by the proximity of a structural phase transition that leads to a deterioration of the sample.

Original languageEnglish
Article number224409
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume78
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2008

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