Dynamic spin correlations in stuffed spin ice Ho2+xTi2−xO7−δ

The magnetic correlations in “stuffed” spin ice Ho2+xTi2−xO7−δ have been characterized using quasielastic neutron scattering. At temperatures above 1K, these correlations are short ranged in nature and dynamic on a picosecond to nanosecond time scale. As for the case of pure spin ice Ho2Ti2O7, one can identify, above the freezing temperature, a quantum relaxation regime which is enhanced as it persists to even higher temperatures, T∼30–40K, than in the parent compound.