Publisher Correction: Two coupled chains are simpler than one: field-induced chirality in a frustrated spin ladder
| Autor: | A. P. Reyes, Philip L. Kuhns, Francesco Casola, M. Pikulski, Shuang Wang, Joël Mesot, H. R. Ott, Toni Shiroka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-82922-w |
| Popis: | Although the frustrated (zigzag) spin chain is the Drosophila of frustrated magnetism, our understanding of a pair of coupled zigzag chains (frustrated spin ladder) in a magnetic field is still lacking. We address this problem through nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments on BiCu[Formula: see text]PO[Formula: see text] in magnetic fields up to 45 T, revealing a field-induced spiral magnetic structure. Conjointly, we present advanced numerical calculations showing that even a moderate rung coupling dramatically simplifies the phase diagram below half-saturation magnetization by stabilizing a field-induced chiral phase. Surprisingly for a one-dimensional model, this phase and its response to Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interactions adhere to classical expectations. While explaining the behavior at the highest accessible magnetic fields, our results imply a different origin for the solitonic phases occurring at lower fields in BiCu[Formula: see text]PO[Formula: see text]. An exciting possibility is that the known, DM-mediated coupling between chirality and crystal lattice may give rise to a new kind of spin-Peierls instability. |
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