Probing scattering of Raman phonons on magnetic and electronic excitations in pyrochlores Nd${}_2$Zr${}_2$O${}_7$ and Nd${}_2$Ir${}_2$O${}_7$

Sami Muhammad, Yuanyuan Xu, Christos Kakogiannis +6

Magnetic rare earth atoms on pyrochlore lattice can produce such exotic magnetic states as spin ice and quantum spin ice. These states are a result of the frustration in the pyroch…