Frustrated quantum rare-earth pyrochlores

JG Rau, MJP Gingras - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we provide an introduction to the physics of a series of frustrated quantum rare-
earth pyrochlores. We first give a background on the microscopic single-and two-ion physics …

Seeing the light: Experimental signatures of emergent electromagnetism in a quantum spin ice

O Benton, O Sikora, N Shannon - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
The “spin-ice” state found in the rare-earth pyrochlore magnets Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7 and Dy 2 Ti 2 O
7 offers a beautiful realization of classical magnetostatics, complete with magnetic monopole …

Magnetic-moment fragmentation and monopole crystallization

ME Brooks-Bartlett, ST Banks, LDC Jaubert… - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
The Coulomb phase, with its dipolar correlations and pinch-point–scattering patterns, is
central to discussions of geometrically frustrated systems, from water ice to binary and mixed …

Lightly stuffed pyrochlore structure of single-crystalline YbTiO grown by the optical floating zone technique

KA Ross, T Proffen, HA Dabkowska, JA Quilliam… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
Recent neutron scattering and specific heat studies on the pyrochlore Yb 2 Ti 2 O 7 have
revealed variations in its magnetic behavior below 265 mK. In the best samples, a sharp …

Power-Law Spin Correlations in the Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet

T Fennell, M Kenzelmann, B Roessli, MK Haas… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We investigate the low-temperature state of the rare-earth pyrochlore Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 using
polarized neutron scattering. Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 is often described as an antiferromagnetic spin …

Magnetoelastic Excitations in the Pyrochlore Spin Liquid

T Fennell, M Kenzelmann, B Roessli, H Mutka… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
At low temperatures, Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 enters a spin liquid state, despite expectations of
magnetic order and/or a structural distortion. Using neutron scattering, we have discovered …

Phonon-glass-like behavior of magnetic origin in single-crystal TbTiO

QJ Li, ZY Zhao, C Fan, FB Zhang, HD Zhou, X Zhao… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We report a study on the thermal conductivity (κ) of Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 single crystals at low
temperatures. It is found that in zero field this material has an extremely low phonon thermal …

Anisotropic Propagating Excitations and Quadrupolar Effects in

S Guitteny, J Robert, P Bonville, J Ollivier, C Decorse… - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
The dynamical magnetic correlations in Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 have been investigated using
polarized inelastic neutron scattering. Dispersive excitations are observed, emerging from …

Coherent control of rare earth 4f shell wavefunctions in the quantum spin liquid Tb2Ti2O7

R Mankowsky, M Müller, M Sander, S Zerdane… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The resonant excitation of electronic transitions with coherent laser sources creates
quantum coherent superpositions of the involved electronic states. Most time-resolved …

Tetragonal distortion yielding a two-singlet spin liquid in pyrochlore TbTiO

P Bonville, I Mirebeau, A Gukasov, S Petit… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
The pyrochlore compound Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 is known to remain in a spin-liquid state down to the
lowest attainable temperature (0.05 K), whereas current theories predict it should order into …