Quantum versus Jahn-Teller orbital physics in YVO3 and LaVO3 |
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Authors: | Fang Zhong Nagaosa Naoto |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China. |
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Abstract: | We argue that the large Jahn-Teller (JT) distortions in YVO3 and LaVO3 should suppress the quantum orbital fluctuation. The unusual magnetic properties can be well explained based on local density approximation + Hubbard U calculations using experimental structures, in terms of the JT orbital. The observed splitting of the spin-wave dispersions for YVO3 in a C-type antiferromagnetic state is attributed to the inequivalent VO2 layers in the crystal structure, instead of the "orbital-Peierls state." Alternative stacking of ab-plane exchange couplings produces the c-axis spin-wave splitting; thus, the spin system is highly three dimensional rather than quasi-one-dimensional. Similar splitting is also predicted for LaVO3, although it is weak. |
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