Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Discovery of quantum phases in the Shastry-Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)2 under extreme conditions of field and pressure

  • Zhenzhong Shi,
  • Sachith Dissanayake,
  • Philippe Corboz,
  • William Steinhardt,
  • David Graf,
  • D. M. Silevitch,
  • Hanna A. Dabkowska,
  • T. F. Rosenbaum,
  • Frédéric Mila,
  • Sara Haravifard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30036-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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SrCu2(BO3)2 is a 2D quantum antiferromagnet on a particular frustrated lattice showing multiple magnetization plateaus and quantum phase transitions under high pressure. Here the authors uncover novel magnetic phases in this material under combined effects of extreme magnetic field and pressure.