Interplay of itinerant electrons and Ising moments in a hybrid honeycomb quantum magnet TmNi3Al9
Abstract
The interplay between itinerant electrons and local magnetic moments in quantum materials brings about rich and fascinating phenomena and stimulates various developments in the theoretical framework. In this work, thermodynamic, electric transport, and neutron diffraction measurements were performed on a newly synthesized honeycomb lattice magnet TmNi3Al9. Based on the experimental data, a magnetic-field–temperature phase diagram was constructed, exhibiting three essentially different magnetic regions. Below TN=2.97±0.02KTm3+, moments order antiferromagnetically in zero field. We found that the Tm3+ ions form a pseudodoublet ground state with the Ising-like moments lying normal to the two-dimensional honeycomb layers. Application of a magnetic field along the easy axis gradually suppresses the antiferromagnetic order in favor of an induced ferromagnetic state above the critical field Bc=0.92±0.05T. In the vicinity of Bc, a strong enhancement of the quantum spin fluctuations was observed. The quantum Ising nature of the local moments and the coupling to itinerant electrons are discussed.
- Authors:
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- Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen (China)
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen (China); Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ganzhou (China). Ganjiang Innovation Academy
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation; National Key Research and Development Program of China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices; Research Grants Council of Hong Kong with General Research Fund
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1885233
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 12134020; 11974157; 12174175; 12104255; 2021B1515120015; 2021YFA1400400; ZDSYS20190902092905285; KQTD20200820113047086; 2018YFE0103200; 2021YFA1400300; 2019SHZDZX04; 17306520
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Ge, H., Huang, C. J., Zhang, Q., Zhao, N., Yang, J., Wang, L., Fu, Y., Zhang, L., Song, Z. M., Li, T. T., Ding, F., Xu, J. B., Zhang, Y. F., Tong, X., Wang, S. M., Mei, J. W., Podlesnyak, A., Wu, L. S., Chen, Gang, and Sheng, J. M. Interplay of itinerant electrons and Ising moments in a hybrid honeycomb quantum magnet TmNi3Al9. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.054434.
Ge, H., Huang, C. J., Zhang, Q., Zhao, N., Yang, J., Wang, L., Fu, Y., Zhang, L., Song, Z. M., Li, T. T., Ding, F., Xu, J. B., Zhang, Y. F., Tong, X., Wang, S. M., Mei, J. W., Podlesnyak, A., Wu, L. S., Chen, Gang, & Sheng, J. M. Interplay of itinerant electrons and Ising moments in a hybrid honeycomb quantum magnet TmNi3Al9. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.054434
Ge, H., Huang, C. J., Zhang, Q., Zhao, N., Yang, J., Wang, L., Fu, Y., Zhang, L., Song, Z. M., Li, T. T., Ding, F., Xu, J. B., Zhang, Y. F., Tong, X., Wang, S. M., Mei, J. W., Podlesnyak, A., Wu, L. S., Chen, Gang, and Sheng, J. M. Mon .
"Interplay of itinerant electrons and Ising moments in a hybrid honeycomb quantum magnet TmNi3Al9". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.054434. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1885233.
@article{osti_1885233,
title = {Interplay of itinerant electrons and Ising moments in a hybrid honeycomb quantum magnet TmNi3Al9},
author = {Ge, H. and Huang, C. J. and Zhang, Q. and Zhao, N. and Yang, J. and Wang, L. and Fu, Y. and Zhang, L. and Song, Z. M. and Li, T. T. and Ding, F. and Xu, J. B. and Zhang, Y. F. and Tong, X. and Wang, S. M. and Mei, J. W. and Podlesnyak, A. and Wu, L. S. and Chen, Gang and Sheng, J. M.},
abstractNote = {The interplay between itinerant electrons and local magnetic moments in quantum materials brings about rich and fascinating phenomena and stimulates various developments in the theoretical framework. In this work, thermodynamic, electric transport, and neutron diffraction measurements were performed on a newly synthesized honeycomb lattice magnet TmNi3Al9. Based on the experimental data, a magnetic-field–temperature phase diagram was constructed, exhibiting three essentially different magnetic regions. Below TN=2.97±0.02KTm3+, moments order antiferromagnetically in zero field. We found that the Tm3+ ions form a pseudodoublet ground state with the Ising-like moments lying normal to the two-dimensional honeycomb layers. Application of a magnetic field along the easy axis gradually suppresses the antiferromagnetic order in favor of an induced ferromagnetic state above the critical field Bc=0.92±0.05T. In the vicinity of Bc, a strong enhancement of the quantum spin fluctuations was observed. The quantum Ising nature of the local moments and the coupling to itinerant electrons are discussed.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.106.054434},
journal = {Physical Review. B},
number = 5,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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