Signatures of spinon dynamics and phase structure of dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ices in two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy

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Auteurs principaux: Potts, Mark, Moessner, Roderich, Benton, Owen
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author Potts, Mark
Moessner, Roderich
Benton, Owen
author_facet Potts, Mark
Moessner, Roderich
Benton, Owen
contents We study how sharp signatures of fractionalization emerge in nonlinear spectroscopy experiments on spin liquids with separated energy scales. Our model is that of dipolar-octupolar rare earth pyrochlore materials, prime candidates for realising quantum spin ice. This family of three dimensional quantum spin liquids exhibits fractionalization of spin degrees of freedom into spinons charged under an emergent $U(1)$ gauge field. We show that the technique of two dimensional coherent spectroscopy (2DCS) can identify clear signatures of fractionalised spinon dynamics in dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ices. However, at intermediate temperatures, spinon dynamics are heavily constrained in the presence of an incoherent spin background, leading to a broad 2DCS response. At lower temperatures, a sharp signal emerges as the system enters a coherent spin liquid state. This lower temperature signal can in turn distinguish between zero-flux and $π$-flux forms of quantum spin ice.
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spellingShingle Signatures of spinon dynamics and phase structure of dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ices in two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy
Potts, Mark
Moessner, Roderich
Benton, Owen
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We study how sharp signatures of fractionalization emerge in nonlinear spectroscopy experiments on spin liquids with separated energy scales. Our model is that of dipolar-octupolar rare earth pyrochlore materials, prime candidates for realising quantum spin ice. This family of three dimensional quantum spin liquids exhibits fractionalization of spin degrees of freedom into spinons charged under an emergent $U(1)$ gauge field. We show that the technique of two dimensional coherent spectroscopy (2DCS) can identify clear signatures of fractionalised spinon dynamics in dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ices. However, at intermediate temperatures, spinon dynamics are heavily constrained in the presence of an incoherent spin background, leading to a broad 2DCS response. At lower temperatures, a sharp signal emerges as the system enters a coherent spin liquid state. This lower temperature signal can in turn distinguish between zero-flux and $π$-flux forms of quantum spin ice.
title Signatures of spinon dynamics and phase structure of dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ices in two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01472