Anisotropic exchange coupling and ground state phase diagram of Kitaev compound YbOCl

Zheng Zhang, Yanzhen Cai, Jing Kang +6

Rare-earth chalcohalide REChX (RE = rare earth; Ch = O, S, Se, Te; X = F, Cl, Br, I) is a newly reported family of Kitaev spin liquid candidates. The family offers a platform where…