Site-selective quantum correlations revealed by magnetic anisotropy in the tetramer system SeCuO3
I. Živković, D. M. Djokić, M. Herak, D. Pajić, K. Prša, P. Pattison, D. Dominko, Z. Micković, D. Cinčić, L. Forro, H. Berger, H. M. Ronnow
Abstract
We present the investigation of a monoclinic compound SeCuO3 using x-ray powder diffraction, magnetization, torque and electron-spin-resonance (ESR). Structurally based analysis suggests that SeCuO3 can be considered as a 3D network of tetramers. The values of intra-tetramer exchange interactions are extracted from the temperature dependence of the susceptibility and amount to ~200 K. The inter-tetramer coupling leads to the development of long-range antiferromagnetic order at TN = 8 K. An unusual temperature dependence of the effective g-tensors is observed, accompanied with a rotation of macroscopic magnetic axes. We explain this unique observation as due to site-selective quantum correlations.