Importance of dynamic lattice effects for crystal field excitations in quantum spin ice candidate Pr${}_2$Zr${}_2$O${}_7$

Yuanyuan Xu, Huiyuan Man, Nan Tang +5

Pr${}_2$Zr${}_2$O${}_7$ is a pyrochlore quantum spin-ice candidate. Using Raman scattering spectroscopy we probe crystal electric field excitations of Pr${}^{3+}$, and demonstrate the impo…