Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in Pr2Zr2O7

Wen, J. -J.; Koohpayeh, S. M.; Ross, K. A.; Trump, B. A.; McQueen, T. M.; Kimura, K.; Nakatsuji, S.; Qiu, Y.; Pajerowski, D. M.; Copley, J. R.  D.; Broholm, C. L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206

Title: Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in $\Pr_{2} {Zr}_{2} O_{7}$

Journal Article · Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206· OSTI ID:1352645

Wen, J. -J. ^[1]; Koohpayeh, S. M. ^[2]; Ross, K. A. ^[3]; Trump, B. A. ^[4]; McQueen, T. M. ^[5]; Kimura, K. ^[6]; Nakatsuji, S. ^[7]; Qiu, Y. ^[8]; Pajerowski, D. M. ^[8]; Copley, J. R. D. ^[8]; Broholm, C. L. ^[9]

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Inst. for Materials and Energy Sciences
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). NIST Center for Neutron Research
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Inst. for Solid State Physics (ISSP); Osaka Univ. (Japan). Division of Materials Physics
Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Inst. for Solid State Physics (ISSP); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama (Japan). CREST
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). NIST Center for Neutron Research
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). NIST Center for Neutron Research

Inelastic neutron scattering reveals a broad continuum of excitations in Pr ₂ Zr ₂ O ₇ , the temperature and magnetic field dependence of which indicate a continuous distribution of quenched transverse fields ( Δ ) acting on the non-Kramers Pr ^{3 +} crystal field ground state doublets. Spin-ice correlations are apparent within 0.2 meV of the Zeeman energy. In a random phase approximation an excellent account of the data is provided and contains a transverse field distribution ρ ( Δ ) ∝ ( Δ ² + Γ ² ) ^{- 1} , where Γ = 0.27 ( 1 ) meV . Established during high temperature synthesis due to an underlying structural instability, it appears disorder in Pr ₂ Zr ₂ O ₇ actually induces a quantum spin liquid.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Japan Science and Technology Agency; Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-08ER46544; AC02-76SF00515; 16H02209; 15H05882; 15H05883; DMR-1508249; R2604

OSTI ID:: 1352645

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1346272

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 10; ISSN 0031-9007

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