Resolving continua of fractional excitations by spinon echo in THz 2D coherent spectroscopy

Abstract

We show that the new technique of terahertz 2D coherent spectroscopy is capable of giving qualitatively new information about fractionalized spin systems. For the prototypical example of the transverse field Ising chain, we demonstrate theoretically that, despite the broad continuum of excitations in linear response, the 2D spectrum contains sharp features that are a coherent signature of a `spinon echo', which gives previously inaccessible information such as the lifetime of the two-spinon excited state. The effects of disorder and finite lifetime, which are practically indistinguishable in the linear optical or neutron response, manifest in dramatically different fashion in the 2D spectra. Our results may be directly applicable to model quasi-1D transverse field Ising chain systems such as CoNb${}_2$O${}_6$, but the concept can be applied to fractionalized spin systems in general.

21 pages, 10 figures

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