Metastable antiphase boundary ordering in CaFe${}_2$O${}_4$

Abstract

CaFe${}_2$O${}_4$ is an $S=5/2$ antiferromagnet exhibiting two magnetic orders which shows regions of coexistence at some temperatures. Using a Green's function formalism, we model neutron scattering data of the spin wave excitations in this material, ellucidating the microscopic spin Hamiltonian. In doing so, we suggest that the low temperature A phase order $(\uparrow \uparrow \downarrow \downarrow )$ finds its origins in the freezing of antiphase boundaries created by thermal fluctuations in a parent B phase order $(\uparrow \downarrow \uparrow \downarrow )$. The low temperature magnetic order observed in CaFe${}_2$O${}_4$ is thus the result of a competition between the exchange coupling along $c$, which favors the B phase, and the single-ion anisotropy which stabilizes thermally-generated antiphase boundaries, leading to static metastable A phase order at low temperatures.

arXiv comment16 pages, 10 figures

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