Features of the Domain Boundaries of a Highly Anisotropic (S = 1) Antiferromagnet near the Transition to the Quantum Paramagnet Phase

Abstract

It is shown that the structure of antiphase domain boundaries in the antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase of a highly anisotropic magnet with S = 1 on a two-dimensional square lattice depends greatly on single-ion anisotropy parameter D. Computer modeling on large square lattices illustrates the changes in the boundary structure from the quantum paramagnet (QP) to the XY phase, including the intermediate QP-XY phase at fairly small variations in positive D.

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