Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB4: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study

Huang, H.; Jang, H.; Kang, B. Y.; Cho, B. K.; Kao, C. -C.; Liu, Y. -J.; Lee, J. -S.

doi:10.1016/j.cap.2018.05.005

Title: 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:

Huang, H. ^[1]; Jang, H. ^[2]; Kang, B. Y. ^[3]; Cho, B. K. ^[3]; Kao, C. -C. ^[2]; Liu, Y. -J. ^[2]; Lee, J. -S. ^[2]

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:: Sat May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018

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

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                    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. 
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                    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

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                    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.

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  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,

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Sat May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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Title: Understanding spin configuration in the geometrically frustrated magnet TbB₄: A resonant soft X-ray scattering study

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