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arXiv 1803.04871cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
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蜂窝Kitaev系统$α$ $_{3}$的各向异性

Anisotropic susceptibilities in the honeycomb Kitaev system $α$-RuCl$_{3}$

P. Lampen-Kelley, S. Rachel, J. Reuther, J. -Q. Yan, A. Banerjee, C. A. Bridges, H. B. Cao, S. E. Nagler, D. Mandrus

摘要:

磁性绝缘体$α$ $_{3}$是在准二维蜂窝晶格上实现Kitaev相互作用的一个很有希望的候选者。我们对$α$ $_{3}$单晶进行了广泛的磁化率测量,包括面内纵向和横向磁化率的角度依赖性,这揭示了蜂窝平面内的单向各向异性。通过将实验结果与具有键各向异性的Kitaev-Heisenberg- $Γ$自旋哈密顿量的高温展开进行比较,我们发现与所观察到的相移和角分辨磁化率的周期性非常一致。在这个模型中,我们表明,平面内和平面外磁化率之间的显着差异,以及有限的横向磁化率植根于强对称非对角$Γ$自旋交换。通过从实验数据中提取相关的居里-外斯截距来量化模型哈密顿量中其他项之间的$Γ$耦合和关系。

英文摘要:

The magnetic insulator $α$-RuCl$_{3}$ is a promising candidate to realize Kitaev interactions on a quasi-2D honeycomb lattice. We perform extensive susceptibility measurements on single crystals of $α$-RuCl$_{3}$, including angle-dependence of the in-plane longitudinal and transverse susceptibilities, which reveal a unidirectional anisotropy within the honeycomb plane. By comparing the experimental results to a high-temperature expansion of a Kitaev-Heisenberg-$Γ$ spin Hamiltonian with bond anisotropy, we find excellent agreement with the observed phase shift and periodicity of the angle-resolved susceptibilities. Within this model, we show that the pronounced difference between in-plane and out-of-plane susceptibilities as well as the finite transverse susceptibility are rooted in strong symmetric off-diagonal $Γ$ spin exchange. The $Γ$ couplings and relationships between other terms in the model Hamiltonian are quantified by extracting relevant Curie-Weiss intercepts from the experimental data.

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