Ground States of the Ising Model on the Shastry-Sutherland Lattice and the Origin of the Fractional Magnetization Plateaus in Rare-Earth Tetraborides

Abstract

A complete and exact solution of the ground-state problem for the Ising model on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice in the applied magnetic field is found. The magnetization plateau at the one third of the saturation value is shown to be the only possible fractional plateau in this model. However, stripe magnetic structures with magnetization 1/2 and $1/n$ ($n>3$), observed in the rare-earth tetraborides RB${}_4$, occur at the boundaries of the three-dimensional regions of the ground-state phase diagram. These structures give rise to new magnetization plateaus if interactions of longer ranges are taken into account. For instance, an additional third-neighbor interaction is shown to produce a 1/2 plateau. The results obtained significantly refine the understanding of the magnetization process in RB${}_4$ compounds, especially in TmB${}_4$ and ErB${}_4$ which are strong Ising magnets.

5 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters

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