Multilayer Crystal Field states from locally broken centrosymmetry

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Main Authors: Moulding, Owen, Shimizu, Makoto, Pawbake, Amit, Gao, Yingzheng, Ramakrishnan, Sitaram, Garbarino, Gaston, Caroca-Canales, Nubia, Debray, Jérôme, Faugeras, Clément, Geibel, Christoph, Yanase, Youichi, Méasson, Marie-Aude
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author Moulding, Owen
Shimizu, Makoto
Pawbake, Amit
Gao, Yingzheng
Ramakrishnan, Sitaram
Garbarino, Gaston
Caroca-Canales, Nubia
Debray, Jérôme
Faugeras, Clément
Geibel, Christoph
Yanase, Youichi
Méasson, Marie-Aude
author_facet Moulding, Owen
Shimizu, Makoto
Pawbake, Amit
Gao, Yingzheng
Ramakrishnan, Sitaram
Garbarino, Gaston
Caroca-Canales, Nubia
Debray, Jérôme
Faugeras, Clément
Geibel, Christoph
Yanase, Youichi
Méasson, Marie-Aude
contents Local charge, spin, or orbital degrees of freedom with intersite interactions are oftentimes sufficient to construct most quantum orders. This is conventionally true for f-electron systems, where the extent of the f-electrons and their associated crystal-electric-field (CEF) states are strongly localized. Here, polarized Raman spectroscopy measurements of a locally non-centrosymmetric compound, CeCoSi, unveil more CEF excitations than expected in the local model. We interpret this as experimental evidence for the entanglement of CEF states between cerium layers. This composite sublattice, spin, and orbital degree of freedom provides an unconsidered means to form novel orders, not only in this system, but in any system exhibiting globally preserved yet locally broken centrosymmetry.
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spellingShingle Multilayer Crystal Field states from locally broken centrosymmetry
Moulding, Owen
Shimizu, Makoto
Pawbake, Amit
Gao, Yingzheng
Ramakrishnan, Sitaram
Garbarino, Gaston
Caroca-Canales, Nubia
Debray, Jérôme
Faugeras, Clément
Geibel, Christoph
Yanase, Youichi
Méasson, Marie-Aude
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
Local charge, spin, or orbital degrees of freedom with intersite interactions are oftentimes sufficient to construct most quantum orders. This is conventionally true for f-electron systems, where the extent of the f-electrons and their associated crystal-electric-field (CEF) states are strongly localized. Here, polarized Raman spectroscopy measurements of a locally non-centrosymmetric compound, CeCoSi, unveil more CEF excitations than expected in the local model. We interpret this as experimental evidence for the entanglement of CEF states between cerium layers. This composite sublattice, spin, and orbital degree of freedom provides an unconsidered means to form novel orders, not only in this system, but in any system exhibiting globally preserved yet locally broken centrosymmetry.
title Multilayer Crystal Field states from locally broken centrosymmetry
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03249