Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
String Phase in an Artificial Spin Ice
- Xiaoyu Zhang,
- Ayhan Duzgun,
- Yuyang Lao,
- Shayaan Subzwari,
- Nicholas S. Bingham,
- Joseph Sklenar,
- Hilal Saglam,
- Justin Ramberger,
- Joseph T. Batley,
- Justin D. Watts,
- Daniel Bromley,
- Rajesh V. Chopdekar,
- Liam O’Brien,
- Chris Leighton,
- Cristiano Nisoli,
- Peter Schiffer
Affiliations
- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- Ayhan Duzgun
- Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, MS B258, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Yuyang Lao
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Shayaan Subzwari
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- Nicholas S. Bingham
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- Joseph Sklenar
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Hilal Saglam
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- Justin Ramberger
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
- Joseph T. Batley
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
- Justin D. Watts
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
- Daniel Bromley
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
- Rajesh V. Chopdekar
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Liam O’Brien
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
- Chris Leighton
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
- Cristiano Nisoli
- Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, MS B258, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Peter Schiffer
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26734-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Strings of local excitations are interesting features of a strongly correlated topological quantum matter. Here, the authors show that Boltzmann-distributed strings of local excitations also describe the topological physics of the Santa Fe geometry of artificial spin ice, which is a classical thermal system.
