Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Transition metal compounds can feature different types of magnetic anisotropy. By studying a honeycomb-lattice material with disconnected transition-metal octahedra, the authors reveal the crucial role of the single-ion anisotropy term that arises despite the nominally quenched orbital moment of the ${d}^{3}$ magnetic ion. Their findings suggest that the effect of single-ion anisotropy should not be ignored when searching for signatures of Kitaev interactions in spin-3/2 honeycomb magnets.
Authors: Danis I. Badrtdinov, Lei Ding, Clemens Ritter, Jan Hembacher, Niyaz Ahmed, Yurii Skourski, Alexander A. Tsirlin
Institutions: Ural Federal University, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Joseph Fourier, Institut Néel, Institut Laue-Langevin, University of Augsburg, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Language: Latvian
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3185637490