Experimental measurement of the isolated magnetic susceptibility

Abstract

The isolated susceptibility ${\chi }_{\mathrm{I}}$ may be defined as a (non-thermodynamic) average over the canonical ensemble, but while it has often been discussed in the literature, it has not been clearly measured. Here, we demonstrate an unambiguous measurement of ${\chi }_{\mathrm{I}}$ at avoided nuclear-electronic level crossings in a dilute spin ice system, containing well-separated holmium ions. We show that ${\chi }_{\mathrm{I}}$ quantifies the superposition of quasi-classical spin states at these points, and is a direct measure of state concurrence and populations.

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