Freezing of a Disorder Induced Spin Liquid with Strong Quantum Fluctuations

Xiao Hu, Daniel M. Pajerowski, Depei Zhang, Andrey A. Podlesnyak, Yiming Qiu, Qing Huang, Haidong Zhou, Israel Klich, Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Matthew B. Stone, Seung Hun Lee

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Abstract

Sr2CuTe0.5W0.5O6 is a square-lattice magnet with superexchange between S=12Cu2+ spins mediated by randomly distributed Te and W ions. Here, using sub-K temperature and 20 μeV energy resolution neutron scattering experiments we show that this system transits from a gapless disorder-induced spin liquid to a new quantum state below Tf=1.7(1)

Original languageEnglish
Article number017201
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume127
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2021

Funding

The work at the University of Virginia was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award No. DE-SC0016144. A portion of this research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The work at University of Tennessee was supported by DOE under Award No. DE-SC-0020254. The work of I. K. was supported in part by the NSF Grant No. DMR-1918207.

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationDMR-1918207
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-SC-0020254
Office of Science
Basic Energy SciencesDE-SC0016144
University of Virginia

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