The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba(3)CoSb(2)O(9).
The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba(3)CoSb(2)O(9).
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Ba3CoSb2O9 三分之一磁化平台相中自旋激发的性质
DOI:
10.1038/s41467-018-04914-1
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发表时间:
2018-07-10
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Ma J
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作者:
Kamiya Y;Ge L;Hong T;Qiu Y;Quintero-Castro DL;Lu Z;Cao HB;Matsuda M;Choi ES;Batista CD;Mourigal M;Zhou HD;Ma J
Magnetization plateaus in quantum magnets—where bosonic quasiparticles crystallize into emergent spin superlattices—are spectacular yet simple examples of collective quantum phenomena escaping classical description. While magnetization plateaus have been observed in a number of spin-1/2 antiferromagnets, the description of their magnetic excitations remains an open theoretical and experimental challenge. Here, we investigate the dynamical properties of the triangular-lattice spin-1/2 antiferromagnet Ba3CoSb2O9 in its one-third magnetization plateau phase using a combination of nonlinear spin-wave theory and neutron scattering measurements. The agreement between our theoretical treatment and the experimental data demonstrates that magnons behave semiclassically in the plateau in spite of the purely quantum origin of the underlying magnetic structure. This allows for a quantitative determination of Ba3CoSb2O9 exchange parameters. We discuss the implication of our results to the deviations from semiclassical behavior observed in zero-field spin dynamics of the same material and conclude they must have an intrinsic origin. Frustrated magnetic materials attract significant interest because their properties can become dominated by quantum fluctuations. Here the authors show that excitations in the plateau phase of a quantum magnet can be understood semiclassically even though the ground state involves strong quantum effects.
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影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Ito S;Kurita N;Tanaka H;Ohira-Kawamura S;Nakajima K;Itoh S;Kuwahara K;Kakurai K
通讯作者:
Kakurai K
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Mourigal, M.;Fuhrman, W. T.;Zhitomirsky, M. E.
通讯作者:
Zhitomirsky, M. E.
影响因子:
8.6
作者:
Ma, J.;Kamiya, Y.;Matsuda, M.
通讯作者:
Matsuda, M.
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Coletta, Tommaso;Toth, Tamas A.;Mila, Frederic
通讯作者:
Mila, Frederic
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Coletta, Tommaso;Zhitomirsky, M. E.;Mila, Frederic
通讯作者:
Mila, Frederic