Spin waves and magnetic exchange interactions in the spin-ladder compound RbFe2Se3

Meng Wang, Ming Yi, Shangjian Jin, Hongchen Jiang, Yu Song, Huiqian Luo, A. D. Christianson, C. De La Cruz, E. Bourret-Courchesne, Dao Xin Yao, D. H. Lee, R. J. Birgeneau

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    Abstract

    We report an inelastic neutron scattering study of the spin waves of the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic spin ladder compound RbFe2Se3. The results reveal that the products, SJ's, of the spin S and the magnetic exchange interaction J along the antiferromagnetic (leg) direction and the ferromagnetic (rung) direction are comparable with those for the stripe ordered phase of the parent compounds of the iron-based superconductors. The universality of the SJ's implies nearly universal spin wave dynamics and the irrelevance of the fermiology for the existence of the stripe antiferromagnetic order among various Fe-based materials.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number041111
    JournalPhysical Review B
    Volume94
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 20 2016

    Funding

    This work was supported by the Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05-CH11231 within the Quantum Materials Program (KC2202) and the Office of Basic Energy Sciences U.S. DOE Grant No. DE-AC03-76SF008.

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