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无序对蜂窝晶格铱酸钠$_2$ IrO $_3$动力学和有序化的影响

Impact of disorder on dynamics and ordering in the honeycomb lattice iridate Na$_2$IrO$_3$

R. Sarkar, Z. Mei, A. Ruiz, G. Lopez, H. -H. Klauss, J. G. Analytis, I. Kimchi, N. J. Curro

摘要:

Kitaev的蜂窝状自旋液体模型及其在诸如$α$ $_3$、Li $_2$ IrO $_3$和Na $_2$ IrO $_3$的材料中的提议实现继续提出关于在非Kitaev相互作用以及不均匀性的存在下自旋液体的动力学如何被修改的公开问题。本文用$^{23}$ Na核磁共振方法研究了单晶Na $_2$ IrO $_3$的静态和动态磁性质。我们发现,NMR位移如下体磁化率高于30 K,但偏离它以下;此外,低于$T_N$的光谱显示了广泛的内部磁场分布。这两个结果提供了证据,在低温下的不等价的磁性网站,表明不均匀性是重要的磁性。自旋-晶格弛豫速率是各向同性的,并在$T_N$处发散,表明Kitaev立方轴可能控制临界量子自旋涨落。在有序的状态下,我们观察到无隙激发,这可能是由网站替代,从温和的混乱出现的缺陷,或可能与附近的量子顺磁状态不同的Kitaev自旋液体。

英文摘要:

Kitaev's honeycomb spin-liquid model and its proposed realization in materials such as $α$-RuCl$_3$, Li$_2$IrO$_3$ and Na$_2$IrO$_3$ continue to present open questions about how the dynamics of a spin-liquid are modified in the presence of non-Kitaev interactions as well as the presence of inhomogeneities. Here we use $^{23}$Na nuclear magnetic resonance to probe both static and dynamical magnetic properties in single crystal Na$_2$IrO$_3$. We find that the NMR shift follows the bulk susceptibility above 30 K but deviates from it below; moreover below $T_N$ the spectra show a broad distribution of internal magnetic fields. Both of these results provide evidence for inequivalent magnetic sites at low temperature, suggesting inhomogeneities are important for the magnetism. The spin-lattice relaxation rate is isotropic and diverges at $T_N$, suggesting that the Kitaev cubic axes may control the critical quantum spin fluctuations. In the ordered state, we observe gapless excitations, which may arise from site substitution, emergent defects from milder disorder, or possibly be associated with nearby quantum paramagnetic states distinct from the Kitaev spin liquid.

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