Published July 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin-Vacancy-Induced Long-Range Order in a New Haldane-Gap Antiferromagnet

  • 1. Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 6th Engineering Building, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, 6th Engineering Building, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
  • 3. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)
  • 4. Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8666 (Japan)
  • 5. Laboratory for Neutron Scattering ETH PSI, CH-5232, Villigen PSI (Switzerland)

Description

Magnetic susceptibility, high-field magnetization, and inelastic neutron scattering experiments are used to study the magnetic properties of a new S=1 quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet PbNi2V 2O8 . Interchain interactions are shown to be almost, but not quite, strong enough to destroy the nonmagnetic singlet ground state and the energy gap in the magnetic excitation spectrum. Substituting nonmagnetic Mg2+ (S=0 ) ions for Ni2+ (S=1 ) induces a magnetically ordered state at low temperatures. To our knowledge this is the first observation of doping-induced long-range order in a Haldane-gap system. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 632-635
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO