Magnetic interactions and high-field properties of Ag(2)VOP(2)O(7): frustrated alternating chain close to the dimer limit
arXiv:0807.1849 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/145/1/012067
Abstract
We report on high-field magnetic properties of the silver vanadium phosphate Ag(2)VOP(2)O(7). This compound has a layered crystal structure, but the specific topology of the V-P-O framework gives rise to a one-dimensional spin system, a frustrated alternating chain. Low-field magnetization measurements and band structure calculations show that Ag(2)VOP(2)O(7) is close to the dimer limit with the largest nearest-neighbor interaction of about 30 K. High-field magnetization data reveal the critical fields μ_0H_{c1} of about 23 T (closing of the spin gap) and μ_0H_{c2} of about 30 T (saturation by full alignment of the magnetic moments). From H_{c1} to H_{c2} the magnetization increases sharply similar to the system of isolated dimers. Thus, the magnetic frustration in Ag(2)VOP(2)O(7) bears little influence on the high-field properties of this compound.
4 pages, 2 figures. A paper for the proceedings of the HFM 2008 conference