Spin dynamics in S = 1/2 antiferromagnetic chain compounds delta-(EDT-TTF-CONMe_2)_2X (X=AsF_6, Br): a multi-frequency Electron Spin Resonance study

TL;DR

This study uses multi-frequency ESR to investigate spin dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chain compounds, revealing exchange interactions and anisotropies, including Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya effects.

Contribution

It provides detailed ESR measurements across multiple frequencies to characterize exchange interactions and anisotropies in delta-(EDT-TTF-CONMe2)_2X compounds.

Findings

High-temperature spin susceptibility fits S=1/2 Heisenberg chain model

Exchange constants J for X=AsF6 and Br are 298 K and 474 K

Unusual quadratic frequency dependence indicates Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya interaction

Abstract

We present a multi-frequency Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) study in the range of 4 GHz to 420 GHz of the quasi-one-dimensional, non-dimerized, quarter-filled Mott insulators, delta-(EDT-TTF-CONMe_2)_2X (X=AsF_6, Br). In the high temperature orthorhombic phase above T~190 K, the magnitude and the temperature dependence of the high temperature spin susceptibility are described by a S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain with J_AsF6=298 K and J_Br=474 K coupling constants for X=AsF_6 and Br respectively. We estimate from the temperature dependence of the line width an exchange anisotropy, J'/J of ~2 * 10^{-3}. The frequency dependence of the line width and the g-shift have an unusual quadratic dependence in all crystallographic orientations that we attribute to an antisymmetric exchange (Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya) interaction.