Strong Suppression of Magnetic Ordering in an S = 1/2 Square-Lattice Heisenberg Antiferromagnet Sr2CuTeO6

Abstract

We report the magnetic susceptibility and the low-temperature specific heat of a double perovskite compound, Sr2CuTeO6, which is expected as the spin-1/2 square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet with nearest-neighbor J1 and next-nearest-neighbor J2 exchange interactions. The specific heat exhibits a sharp lambda-like anomaly at TN = 4.8 K indicative of magnetic ordering, which is much lower than those in isostructural A2CuMO6 with A = Ba, Sr and M = W, Mo. This indicates the strong suppression of magnetic ordering in Sr2CuTeO6. We estimate the exchange constant J1/kB ~ 80 K and J2/J1 < 0.07 from magnetic susceptibility data using Pade approximation of high temperature expansion and quantum Monte Carlo method. The strong suppression of magnetic ordering in Sr2CuTeO6 should be ascribed to the weekness of the interlayer exchange.

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