RbFe(MoO4)2 is a rare example of a nearly two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a triangular lattice. Magnetic resonance spectra and magnetization curves reveal that the system has a layered spin structure with six magnetic sublattices. The sublattices within a layer are arranged in a triangular manner with the magnetization vectors 120 degree apart. The H-T phase diagram, containing at least five different magnetic phases is constructed. In zero field, RbFe(MoO4)2 undergoes a phase transition at T_N=3.8 K into a non-collinear triangular spin structure with all the spins confined in the basal plane. The application of an in-plane magnetic field induces a collinear spin state between the fields H_c1=47 kOe and H_c2=71 kOe and produces a magnetization plateau at one-third of the saturation moment. Both the ESR and the magnetization measurements also clearly indicate an additional first-order phase transition in a field of 35 kOe. The exact nature of this phase transition is uncertain.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0210262,
title = {Quasi two-dimensional antiferromagnet on a triangular lattice RbFe(MoO4)2},
author = {L. E. Svistov and A. I. Smirnov and L. A. Prozorova and O. A. Petrenko and L. N. Demianets and A. Ya. Shapiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0210262},
year = {2015}
}