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自旋液体候选物Herbertsmithite中的自旋诱导光导

Spin Induced Optical Conductivity in the Spin Liquid Candidate Herbertsmithite

Daniel V. Pilon, Chun Hung Lui, Tianheng Han, David B. Shrekenhamer, Alex J. Frenzel, William J. Padilla, Young S. Lee, Nuh Gedik

摘要:

量子自旋液体(quantum spin liquid,QSL)是一种物质状态,其中磁自旋强烈相互作用,但即使在零温度下,量子涨落也会抑制长程磁序。QSL被预测具有许多奇异的性质,包括分数激发和长程量子纠缠。尽管有大量的理论研究,实验实现的QSL已被证明是具有挑战性的,由于缺乏候选材料。三角形有机盐EtMe3Sb [Pd(dmit)2] 2和κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3以及可果美ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2(Herbertsmithite)最近成为表现出QSL态的有希望的候选者,但是它们的基态的性质仍然是难以捉摸的。本文采用时域太赫兹光谱技术对大面积高质量的赫氏石单晶进行了研究。我们观察到在低频(0.6 - 2.2 THz)的光学电导率的自旋系统的性质的证据。特别是,面内吸收光谱表现出独特的频率依赖性,可以用指数约为1.4的幂律来描述,这与有序莫特绝缘体的ω ^4依赖性形成鲜明对比。还发现吸收随着温度降低而增加,这是常规绝缘体意想不到的行为。这些特征与最近基于QSL系统中电荷和自旋自由度之间相互作用的理论是一致的。

英文摘要:

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a state of matter in which magnetic spins interact strongly, but quantum fluctuations inhibit long-range magnetic order even at zero temperature. A QSL has been predicted to have a host of exotic properties, including fractionalized excitations and long-range quantum entanglement. Despite the numerous theoretical studies, experimental realization of a QSL has proved to be challenging due to the lack of candidate materials. The triangular organic salts EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2 and κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3, and kagome ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 (Herbertsmithite) have recently emerged as promising candidates of exhibiting a QSL state, but the nature of their ground states is still elusive. Here we studied a large-area high-quality single crystal of Herbertsmithite by means of time-domain terahertz (THz) spectroscopy. We observed in the low-frequency (0.6-2.2 THz) optical conductivity evidence for the nature of the spin system. In particular, the in-plane absorption spectrum exhibits a unique frequency dependence that can be described by a power-law with an exponent of approximately 1.4, in sharp contrast with the ω^4 dependence expected for an ordered Mott insulator. The absorption is also found to increase as the temperature decreases, a behavior unexpected for conventional insulators. Such features are consistent with recent theory based on the interactions between the charge and spin degrees of freedom in a QSL system.

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