α-RuCl3 and other Kitaev materials
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0101512
Abstract: Quantum spin liquids have been drawing much attention in recent years as a platform to develop future quantum technologies, such as topological quantum computing. In particular, Kitaev’s honeycomb model has provided a blueprint to realize… read more here.
Keywords: quantum spin; quantum; kitaev quantum; materials rucl3 ... See more keywords
Entanglement in 3D Kitaev spin liquids
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DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/aac12c
Abstract: Quantum spin liquids are highly fascinating quantum liquids in which the spin degrees of freedom fractionalize. An interesting class of spin liquids are the exactly solvable, three-dimensional Kitaev spin liquids. Their fractionalized excitations are Majonara… read more here.
Keywords: entanglement kitaev; kitaev spin; spin liquids; spectrum ... See more keywords
Chiral spin liquids with crystalline Z2 gauge order in a three-dimensional Kitaev model
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.045118
Abstract: Chiral spin liquids (CSLs) are time-reversal-symmetry-breaking ground states of frustrated quantum magnets that show no long-range magnetic ordering but instead exhibit topological order and fracti ... read more here.
Keywords: spin liquids; order; chiral spin; liquids crystalline ... See more keywords
Symmetric U(1) and Z2 spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.104.054401
Abstract: The geometrically frustrated 3D pyrochlore lattice has been long predicted to host a quantum spin liquid, an intrinsic long-range entangled state with fractionalized excitations. To date, most proposals for pyrochlore materials have focused on quantum… read more here.
Keywords: spin liquid; pyrochlore lattice; spin liquids; symmetric spin ... See more keywords
Proposal to detect emergent gauge field and its Meissner effect in spin liquids using NV centers
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.107.195102
Abstract: We show that NV centers could provide distinct signatures of emergent gauge fields in certain phase transitions in spin liquids. We consider the relaxation rate $1/T_1$ of a diamond NV center placed a distance $z_0$… read more here.
Keywords: meissner effect; gauge field; emergent gauge; spin liquids ... See more keywords
Emergence of Chiral Spin Liquids via Quantum Melting of Non-Coplanar Magnetic Orders
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.96.115115
Abstract: Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are long-range entangled states of quantum magnets which lie beyond the Landau paradigm of classifying phases of matter via broken symmetries. A physical route to arriving at QSLs is via frustration-induced… read more here.
Keywords: spin liquids; quantum melting; chiral spin; magnetic orders ... See more keywords
Crystalline Kitaev spin liquids
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.96.155107
Abstract: Frustrated magnetic systems exhibit many fascinating phases. Prime among them are quantum spin liquids, where the magnetic moments do not order even at zero temperature. A subclass of quantum spin liquids called Kitaev spin liquids… read more here.
Keywords: kitaev spin; crystalline kitaev; spin liquids; spin ... See more keywords
Dirac's "magnetic monopoles" in pyrochlore ice U(1) spin liquids: Spectrum and classification
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.96.195127
Abstract: We study the U(1) quantum spin liquid on the pyrochlore spin ice systems. For the non-Kramers doublets such as Pr$^{3+}$ and Tb$^{3+}$, we point out that the inelastic neutron scattering not only detects the low-energy… read more here.
Keywords: classification; dirac magnetic; spin liquids; spin ... See more keywords
Classification of symmetry fractionalization in gapped $\mathbb Z_2$ spin liquids
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.97.115138
Abstract: In quantum spin liquids, fractional spinon excitations carry half-integer spins and other fractional quantum numbers of lattice and time-reversal symmetries. Different patterns of symmetry fractionalization distinguish different spin liquid phases. In this work, we derive… read more here.
Keywords: symmetry fractionalization; spin liquids; spin; gapped mathbb ... See more keywords
Symmetry enriched U(1) quantum spin liquids
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.97.195126
Abstract: We classify and characterize three dimensional $U(1)$ quantum spin liquids (deconfined $U(1)$ gauge theories) with global symmetries. These spin liquids have an emergent gapless photon and emergent electric/magnetic excitations (which we assume are gapped). We… read more here.
Keywords: quantum spin; spin liquids; spin; symmetry enriched ... See more keywords
Role of quantum fluctuations on spin liquids and ordered phases in the Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.97.205112
Abstract: Motivated by the rich physics of honeycomb magnetic materials, we obtain the phase diagram and analyze magnetic properties of the spin-1/2 and spin-1 J1-J2-J3 Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice. Based on the SU(2) and… read more here.
Keywords: model honeycomb; spin liquids; heisenberg model; honeycomb lattice ... See more keywords