Effect of Interlayer Coupling on Field-Induced Magnon Decays in Square-Lattice Antiferromagnet

ORAL

Abstract

We study the high-field magnon dynamics in the quasi-2D tetragonal Heisenberg antiferromagnet. Within spin-wave theory, we show that non-zero interlayer coupling mitigates singular corrections to the excitation spectrum occurring above the threshold field that would otherwise require a self-consistent approach beyond the Born approximation. Increasing field yields widening two-magnon sidebands with significant shifting of the spectral weight away from the quasi-particle peak. We examine the dynamic structure factor with interlayer coupling corresponding to realistic materials.

*Supported by DoE

Authors

  • Wesley Fuhrman

    • UC Irvine
  • Martin Mourigal

    • Johns Hopkins
  • Michael Zhitomirsky

    • CEA Grenoble
  • Sasha Chernyshev

    • UC Irvine