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量子自旋液体材料$κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$中的新型偶极-晶格耦合

Novel Dipole-Lattice coupling in the Quantum-Spin-Liquid Material $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$

Jesse Liebman, Kazuya Miyagawa, Kazushi Kanoda, Natalia Drichko

AI总结:

针对量子自旋液体候选材料$κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$的实验争议,本研究通过拉曼散射发现低温下二聚体存在小振幅无序电荷歧化,提出偶极-晶格耦合调制磁耦合的新机制,为理解其自旋态提供了新视角。

摘要:

三角晶格上的一类分子莫特绝缘体提供了若干S=1/2三角量子自旋液体候选材料,其中$κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$是该类材料中研究最多的一种。大量实验工作呈现出相互矛盾的证据:部分研究表明其具有自旋液体行为,另一些则指向带有孤自旋的价键固体。本工作中,我们利用拉曼散射光谱,在低至6 K的温度范围内探测分子位点的局域电荷与晶格声子。基于对BEDT-TTF电荷敏感振动模式$ν_2$在冷却至40 K以下时的线形分析,我们提出(BEDT-TTF)$_2$二聚体上出现了无序涨落的电荷歧化,其振幅小至0.06$e$。晶格声子仅在(c,c)散射通道中表现出随冷却显著的反常展宽,这与电荷歧化的发展相关。我们提出如下解释:二聚体上的无序电荷偶极子与晶格的耦合,导致二聚体格点之间电荷转移积分的各向异性调制。这类涨落会引发自旋之间磁耦合的调制,进而产生涨落的电荷有序自旋单态对。

英文摘要:

A family of molecular Mott insulators on triangular lattice provided a few S=1/2 triangular quantum spin liquid candidates, with $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$ being the most studied material of this group. The large number experimental works present a conflicting set of evidence, with some suggesting spin liquid behavior, while others point towards a valence bond solid with orphan spins. In this work we use Raman scattering spectroscopy to probe both local charge on molecular sites and lattice phonons as a function of temperature down to 6~K. Based on the analysis of the line shape of the BEDT-TTF charge sensitive vibration $ν_2$ on cooling below 40 K, we suggest a development of disordered fluctuating charge disproportionation on (BEDT-TTF)$_2$ dimers of amplitude as small as 0.06$e$. The lattice phonons show strong anomalous broadening on cooling only in the (c,c) scattering channel, associated with the developing charge disproportionation. We suggest an interpretation, where the coupling of disordered charge dipoles on dimers to the lattice results in anisotropic modulation of charge transfer integrals between dimer lattice sites. Such fluctuations would result in modulation of magnetic coupling between spins which can produce fluctuating charge ordered spin-singlet pairs.

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