Triplon current generation in solids

Yao Chen; Masahiro Sato; Yifei Tang; Yuki Shiomi; Koichi Oyanagi; Takatsugu Masuda; Yusuke Nambu; Masaki Fujita; Eiji Saitoh

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25494-7

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Triplon current generation in solids

Yao Chen,
Masahiro Sato,
Yifei Tang,
Yuki Shiomi,
Koichi Oyanagi,
Takatsugu Masuda,
Yusuke Nambu,
Masaki Fujita,
Eiji Saitoh

Affiliations

Yao Chen: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Masahiro Sato: Department of Physics, Ibaraki University
Yifei Tang: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Yuki Shiomi: Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo
Koichi Oyanagi: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Takatsugu Masuda: Institute of Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
Yusuke Nambu: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Masaki Fujita: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Eiji Saitoh: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25494-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Triplons are elementary spin excitations characteristic of dimerized magnets, carrying a spin angular momentum one. Here, the authors report evidence for spin current of triplons via thermal transport measurements in a spin-dimer compound CuGeO3.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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