Experimental realization of field-induced XY and Ising ground states in a quasi-2D S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet

Abstract

High field specific heat, Cp, and magnetic susceptibility, \c{hi}, measurements were performed on the quasi-two dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet [Cu(pyz)2(pyO)2](PF6)2. While no Cp anomaly is observed down to 0.5 K in zero magnetic field, the application of field parallel to the crystallographic ab-plane induces a lambda-like anomaly in Cp, consistent with Ising-type magnetic order. On the other hand, when the field is parallel to the c-axis, Cp and \c{hi} show evidence of XY-type antiferromagnetism. We argue that it is a small but finite easy-plane anisotropy in quasi-two dimensional [Cu(pyz)2(pyO)2](PF6)2 that allows the unusual observation of field induced XY and Ising-type magnetic states.

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