Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 9, (2020)

Some experimental schemes to identify quantum spin liquids

Yonghao Gao1 and Gang Chen1,2、†
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Department of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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    Despite the apparent ubiquity and variety of quantum spin liquids in theory, experimental confirmation of spin liquids remains to be a huge challenge. Motivated by the recent surge of evidences for spin liquids in a series of candidate materials, we highlight the experimental schemes, involving the thermal Hall transport and spectrum measurements, that can result in smoking-gun signatures of spin liquids beyond the usual ones. For clarity, we investigate the square lattice spin liquids and theoretically predict the possible phenomena that may emerge in the corresponding spin liquids candidates. The mechanisms for these signatures can be traced back to either the intrinsic characters of spin liquids or the external field-driven behaviors. Our conclusion does not depend on the geometry of lattices and can broadly apply to other relevant spin liquids.

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    Paper Information

    Received: Apr. 19, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Chen Gang (gangchen.physics@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/ab9df0

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