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Negligible Kitaev interaction in the van der Waals antiferromagnet NiBr revealed by neutron spectroscopy
Hao Xu, Shufan Cheng, Yanyan Shangguan +9
Using time-of-flight neutron spectroscopy, we have mapped out the magnetic excitations in the van der Waals antiferromagnet NiBr over a broad range of energies and momenta. The…
Sizable Ligand-Mediated Bond-Dependent Interactions in a Spin-1 Triangular Antiferromagnet NiI
Hao Xu, Weiqin Zhu, Shufan Cheng +11
The bond-dependent anisotropic Kitaev interactions are the key for the Kitaev model, which has attracted intense interest for its potential to host quantum-spin-liquid states and f…
Cascade of magnetic-field-induced quantum spin states in a spin-1 honeycomb magnet
Kaixin Tang, Zhao-Yang Dong, Yanyan Shangguan +10
Quantum fluctuations endow spin systems with surprisingly enriched magnetic phase diagrams. In frustrated magnets, strong quantum fluctuations boosted by either geometrical incompa…
Magnetic Signature of Chiral Phonons Revealed by Neutron Spectroscopy in Ferrimagnetic FeZnMoO
Song Bao, Junbo Liao, Zhentao Huang +13
Lattice vibrations can carry angular momentum and magnetic moments under broken inversion or time-reversal symmetry, forming so-called chiral phonons. While such excitations have b…
Magnetic excitations in biaxial-strain detwinned -RuCl
Yi Li, Yanyan Shangguan, Xinzhe Wang +10
The honeycomb magnet -RuCl has been a leading candidate for realizing the Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL), but its intrinsic spin dynamics have remained obscured by cryst…
Disorder-induced spin excitation continuum and spin-glass ground state in the inverse spinel CuGaO
Zhentao Huang, Zhijun Xu, Shuaiwei Li +18
Spinel-structured compounds serve as prototypical examples of highly frustrated systems, and are promising candidates for realizing the long-sought quantum spin liquid (QSL) state.…
Magnetic Interactions in the Polar Ferrimagnet with a Bipartite Structure
Junbo Liao, Zhentao Huang, Bo Zhang +8
The polar magnets AMoO (A=Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni) feature a bipartite structure, where the magnetic A ions occupy two different sites with octahedral and tetrahedral…
Spin and lattice dynamics of a van der Waals antiferromagnet MnPSe
Junbo Liao, Zhentao Huang, Yanyan Shangguan +7
Antiferromagnetic van der Waals family have attracted significant research attention due to th…
Low-energy spin dynamics in a Kitaev material Na3Ni2BiO6 investigated by NMR
Xinyu Shi, Yi Cui, Yanyan Shangguan +11
We performed 23Na NMR and magnetization measurements on an S = 1, quasi-2D honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Na3Ni2BiO6. A large positive Curie-Weiss constant of 22.9 K is observed…
Direct observation of topological magnon polarons in a multiferroic material
Song Bao, Zhao-Long Gu, Yanyan Shangguan +12
Magnon polarons are novel elementary excitations possessing hybrid magnonic and phononic signatures, and are responsible for many exotic spintronic and magnonic phenomena. Despite…
Observation of a 1/3 Magnetisation Plateau Phase as Evidence for the Kitaev Interaction in a Honeycomb-Lattice Antiferromagnet
Yanyan Shangguan, Song Bao, Zhao-Yang Dong +24
Fractional magnetisation plateaus, in which the magnetisation is pinned at a fraction of its saturated value within a range of external magnetic field, are spectacular macroscopic…
Magnon Damping as a Probe of Kondo Coupling in Magnetically Ordered Systems
Song Bao, Junsen Wang, Shin-ichiro Yano +13
In -electron systems, there can also be intricate interplay between Kondo coupling and magnetic interactions as that in -electron systems, but the underlying mechanism remain…
Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order by Zn doping in a possible Kitaev material NaCoTeO
Zhongtuo Fu, Ruokai Xu, Song Bao +13
Very recently, a 3 based honeycomb cobaltate NaCoTeO has garnered tremendous attention due to the proposed proximity to the Kitaev spin-liquid state as its 4/5…
Neutron spectroscopy evidence for a possible magnetic-field-induced gapless quantum-spin-liquid phase in a Kitaev material -RuCl
Xiaoxue Zhao, Kejing Ran, Jinghui Wang +15
As one of the most promising Kitaev quantum-spin-liquid (QSL) candidates, -RuCl has received a great amount of attention. However, its ground state exhibits a long-range zig…
Evidence for strong correlations at finite temperatures in the dimerized magnet NaCuTeO
Yanyan Shangguan, Song Bao, Zhao-Yang Dong +12
Dimerized magnets forming alternating Heisenberg chains exhibit quantum coherence and entanglement and thus can find potential applications in quantum information and computation.…
Disorder-induced broadening of the spin waves in a triangular-lattice quantum-spin-liquid candidate YbZnGaO
Zhen Ma, Zhao-Yang Dong, Jinghui Wang +15
Disorder is important in the study of quantum spin liquids, but its role on the spin dynamics remains elusive. Here, we explore the disorder effect by investigating the magnetic-fi…
Neutron spectroscopy evidence on the dual nature of magnetic excitations in a van der Waals metallic ferromagnet FeGeTe
Song Bao, Wei Wang, Yanyan Shangguan +12
In the local or itinerant extreme, magnetic excitations can be described by the Heisenberg model which treats electron spins as localized moments, or by the itinerant-electron mode…
Topological magnon insulator spin excitations in the two-dimensional ferromagnet CrBr
Zhengwei Cai, Song Bao, Zhao-Long Gu +17
Topological magnons are bosonic analogues of topological fermions in electronic systems. They have been studied extensively by theory but rarely realized by experiment. Here, by pe…
Disorder-induced spin-liquid-like behavior in kagome-lattice compounds
Zhen Ma, Zhao-Yang Dong, Si Wu +14
Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are an exotic state of matter that is subject to extensive research. However, the relationship between the ubiquitous disorder and the QSL behaviors is…
Evidence of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase in a Frustrated Magnet
Ze Hu, Zhen Ma, Yuan-Da Liao +10
The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) mechanism, building upon proliferation of topological defects in 2D systems, is the first example of phase transition beyond the Landau-Gi…
Evidence for magnon-phonon coupling in the topological magnet CuTeO
Song Bao, Zhengwei Cai, Wenda Si +11
We perform thermodynamic and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements to study the lattice dynamics (phonons) of a cubic collinear antiferromagnet CuTeO which hosts…