Crystallization of spin superlattices with pressure and field in the layered magnet SrCu2(BO3)2

S. Haravifard; D. Graf; A. E. Feiguin; C. D. Batista; J. C. Lang; D. M. Silevitch; G. Srajer; B. D. Gaulin; H. A. Dabkowska; T. F. Rosenbaum

doi:10.1038/ncomms11956

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Crystallization of spin superlattices with pressure and field in the layered magnet SrCu2(BO3)2

S. Haravifard,
D. Graf,
A. E. Feiguin,
C. D. Batista,
J. C. Lang,
D. M. Silevitch,
G. Srajer,
B. D. Gaulin,
H. A. Dabkowska,
T. F. Rosenbaum

Affiliations

S. Haravifard: Department of Physics, Duke University
D. Graf: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University
A. E. Feiguin: Department of Physics, Northeastern University
C. D. Batista: Department of Physics, University of Tennessee
J. C. Lang: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
D. M. Silevitch: The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago
G. Srajer: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
B. D. Gaulin: Department of Physics and Astronomy and Brockhouse Institute for Material Research, McMaster University
H. A. Dabkowska: Department of Physics and Astronomy and Brockhouse Institute for Material Research, McMaster University
T. F. Rosenbaum: The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11956
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Spin 1/2 dimer systems in an external magnetic field behave as a lattice gas of hard-core bosons, and can undergo condensation. Here the authors show in SrCu2(BO3)2that new fractionally crystallized states are not only possible, but also tuneable with hydrostatic pressure.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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