Field-induced magnetic transition and spin fluctuations in the quantum spin-liquid candidate CsYbSe2

Xing, Jie; Sanjeewa, Liurukara D.; Kim, Jungsoo; Stewart, G. R.; Podlesnyak, Andrey A.; Sefat, Athena Safa

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.220407

Title: Field-induced magnetic transition and spin fluctuations in the quantum spin-liquid candidate ${CsYbSe}_{2}$

Journal Article · Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.220407· OSTI ID:1606711

Xing, Jie ^[1];

^[1]; Kim, Jungsoo ^[2]; Stewart, G. R. ^[2];

^[1];

^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Two-dimensional triangular-lattice materials with spin-1/2 are perfect platforms for investigating quantum frustrated physics with spin fluctuations. Here we report the structure, magnetization, heat capacity, and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) results on cesium ytterbium diselenide, CsYbSe₂. There is no long-range magnetic order down to 0.4 K at zero field. The temperature-dependent magnetization, M(T), reveals an easy-plane magnetic anisotropy. A maximum is found in M(T) around T≈1.5 K when magnetic field H is applied in the ab plane, indicating the short-range interaction. The low-temperature isothermal magnetization M(H) shows a one-third plateau of the estimated saturation moment, which is characteristic of a two-dimensional (2D) frustrated triangular lattice. Heat capacity shows field-induced long-range magnetic order for both H||c and H||ab directions. Here, the broad peak in heat capacity and highly damped INS magnetic excitation at T=2 K suggests strong spin fluctuations. The dispersive in-plane INS, centered at the (1/3 1/3 0) point, and the absence of dispersion along the c direction suggest 120° noncollinear 2D-like spin correlations. All these results indicate that the two-dimensional frustrated material CsYbSe₂ can be in proximity to the triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid. We propose an experimental low-temperature H–T phase diagram for CsYbSe₂.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FG02-86ER45268

OSTI ID:: 1606711

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 22; ISSN 2469-9950

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