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Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 037206 (2009) [4 pages]Weakly Coupled s=1/2 Quantum Spin Singlets in Ba3Cr2O8
Received 29 September 2008; revised 24 November 2008; published 22 January 2009
Using single crystal inelastic neutron scattering with and without the application of an external magnetic field and powder neutron diffraction, we have characterized magnetic interactions in Ba3Cr2O8. Even without a field, we found that there exist three singlet-to-triplet excitation modes in the (h, h, l) scattering plane. Our complete analysis shows that the three modes are due to spatially anisotropic interdimer interactions that are induced by lattice distortions of the tetrahedron of oxygens surrounding the Jahn-Teller active Cr5+(3d1). The strong intradimer coupling of J0=2.38(2) meV and weak interdimer interactions (|Jinter| ©2009 The American Physical Society REFERENCES (16)
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0.52(2) meV) makes Ba3Cr2O8 a good model system for weakly coupled s=1/2 quantum spin dimers.
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