Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study
Abstract
The frustrated magnet has been regarded as a system that could be a promising host material for the quantum spin liquid (QSL). However, it is difficult to determine the spin configuration and the corresponding mechanism in this system, because of its geometrical frustration (i.e., crystal structure and symmetry). Herein, we systematically investigate one of the geometrically frustrated magnets, the TbB4 compound. Using resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSXS), we explored its spin configuration, as well as Tb's quadrupole. Comprehensive evaluations of the temperature and photon energy/polarization dependences of the RSXS signals reveal the mechanism of spin reorientation upon cooling down, which is the sophisticated interplay between the Tb spin and the crystal symmetry rather than its orbit (quadrupole). Here, our results and their implications would further shed a light on the search for possible realization of QSL.
- Authors:
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1436753
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1694189
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; NRF-2017R1A2B2008538
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Current Applied Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1567-1739
- Publisher:
- Korean Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Soft x-ray scattering; Frustrated magnet; Quantum spin liquid; Rare-earth compound
Citation Formats
Huang, H., Jang, H., Kang, B. Y., Cho, B. K., Kao, C. -C., Liu, Y. -J., and Lee, J. -S. Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.cap.2018.05.005.
Huang, H., Jang, H., Kang, B. Y., Cho, B. K., Kao, C. -C., Liu, Y. -J., & Lee, J. -S. Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2018.05.005
Huang, H., Jang, H., Kang, B. Y., Cho, B. K., Kao, C. -C., Liu, Y. -J., and Lee, J. -S. Sat .
"Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2018.05.005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1436753.
@article{osti_1436753,
title = {Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study},
author = {Huang, H. and Jang, H. and Kang, B. Y. and Cho, B. K. and Kao, C. -C. and Liu, Y. -J. and Lee, J. -S.},
abstractNote = {The frustrated magnet has been regarded as a system that could be a promising host material for the quantum spin liquid (QSL). However, it is difficult to determine the spin configuration and the corresponding mechanism in this system, because of its geometrical frustration (i.e., crystal structure and symmetry). Herein, we systematically investigate one of the geometrically frustrated magnets, the TbB4 compound. Using resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSXS), we explored its spin configuration, as well as Tb's quadrupole. Comprehensive evaluations of the temperature and photon energy/polarization dependences of the RSXS signals reveal the mechanism of spin reorientation upon cooling down, which is the sophisticated interplay between the Tb spin and the crystal symmetry rather than its orbit (quadrupole). Here, our results and their implications would further shed a light on the search for possible realization of QSL.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cap.2018.05.005},
journal = {Current Applied Physics},
number = 11,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {5}
}
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