Raman Scattering as a Probe of the Magnetic State of BEDT-TTF Based Mott Insulators

Hassan, Nora; Cunningham, Streit; Zhilyaeva, Elena I.; Torunova, Svetlana A.; Lyubovskaya, Rimma N.; Schlueter, John A.; Drichko, Natalia

doi:10.3390/cryst8060233

Title: Raman Scattering as a Probe of the Magnetic State of BEDT-TTF Based Mott Insulators

Journal Article · 23 May 2018 · Crystals

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8060233 · OSTI ID:1484855

Hassan, Nora ^[1]; Cunningham, Streit ^[1]; Zhilyaeva, Elena I. ^[2]; Torunova, Svetlana A. ^[2]; Lyubovskaya, Rimma N. ^[2]; Schlueter, John A. ^[3]; Drichko, Natalia ^[1]

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Inst. for Quantum Matter and the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Inst. of Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka (Russia)
National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, VA (United States). Division of Materials Research; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division

Quasi-two-dimensional Mott insulators based on BEDT-TTF molecules have recently demonstrated a variety of exotic states, which originate from electron-electron correlations and geometrical frustration of the lattice. Among those states are a triangular S = 1/2 spin liquid and quantum dipole liquid. Here in this article, we show the power of Raman scattering technique to characterize magnetic and electronic excitations of these states. Our results demonstrate a distinction between a spectrum of magnetic excitations in a simple Mott insulator with antiferromagnetic interactions, and a spectrum of an insulator with an additional on-site charge degree of freedom.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1484855

Journal Information:: Crystals, Vol. 8, Issue 6; ISSN 2073-4352

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Language:: English

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