Quantum fluctuation effects on the ordered moments in a two dimensional frustrated ferrimagnet

We propose a novel two-dimensional (2D) frustrated quantum spin-1/2 anisotropic Heisenberg model with alternating ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic magnetic chains along one direction and antiferromagnetic interactions along the other. The (mean-field) ground state is ferrimagnetic in certain range of the interaction space. Spin-wave theory analysis of the reduction of ordered moments at inequivalent spin sites and the instability of the spin waves suggest a quantum phase transition which has the characteristics of both the frustrated 2D antiferromagnetic S = 1/2 (J(1), J(2)) model and 1D S-1 = 1, S-2 = 1/2 quantum ferrimagnetic model.

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A novel two-dimensional frustrated quantum spin-1/2 anisotropic Heisenberg model is proposed, showing properties of ferrimagnetism in certain interaction space and a quantum phase transition with characteristics of both frustrated 2D antiferromagnetic S = 1/2 and 1D quantum ferrimagnetic models.