Field-induced order and spin waves in the pyrochlore antiferromagnet Tb2Ti2O7

K. C. Rule, J. P.C. Ruff, B. D. Gaulin, S. R. Dunsiger, J. S. Gardner, J. P. Clancy, M. J. Lewis, H. A. Dabkowska, I. Mirebeau, P. Manuel, Y. Qiu, J. R.D. Copley

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Abstract

High resolution time-of-flight neutron scattering measurements on Tb2Ti2O7 reveal a rich low temperature phase diagram in the presence of a magnetic field applied along [110]. In zero field at T=0.4K, Tb2Ti2O7 is a highly correlated cooperative paramagnet with disordered spins residing on a pyrochlore lattice of corner-sharing tetrahedra. Application of a small field condenses much of the magnetic diffuse scattering, characteristic of the disordered spins, into a new Bragg peak characteristic of a polarized paramagnet. At higher fields, a magnetically ordered phase is induced, which supports spin wave excitations indicative of continuous, rather than Ising-like, spin degrees of freedom.

Original languageEnglish
Article number177201
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

Funding

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National Science Foundation0086210, 9986442

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