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Holes in a Quantum Spin Liquid.

Xu1, Aeppli, Bisher

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK. Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba 305, Japan. Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

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|July 21, 2000
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Antiferromagnetic droplets nucleate around impurities in doped nickel oxide quantum magnets. These droplets, influenced by quantum liquid correlations, explain observed magnetic excitations below the energy gap.

Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Magnetism
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • The parent compound is a nickel oxide-based quantum magnet featuring a spin liquid with a cooperative singlet ground state and a magnetic excitation gap.
  • Doping with calcium introduces excitations below this gap, characterized by an incommensurate structure factor.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the magnetic behavior of doped nickel oxide quantum magnets.
  • To provide experimental evidence for the nucleation of magnetic structures around impurities.
  • To explain the origin of low-energy magnetic excitations observed in calcium-doped nickel oxide.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing magnetic neutron scattering to probe magnetic structures and excitations.
  • Analyzing the structure factor of doped samples to identify magnetic ordering.

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  • Comparing experimental data with theoretical models of magnetic droplet nucleation.

    • Main Results:

    • Magnetic neutron scattering confirmed the nucleation of antiferromagnetic droplets around impurities.
    • The observed excitations below the gap are consistent with weakly interacting antiferromagnetic droplets.
    • Droplet size is found to be controlled by the correlation length of the underlying quantum liquid.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides quantitative evidence for magnetic polarization clouds around holes in doped transition metal oxides.
    • The model of antiferromagnetic droplets with a central phase shift successfully explains the experimental observations.
    • This work offers insights into the interplay between impurities, quantum spin liquids, and emergent magnetic phenomena.