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Low frequency spin dynamics in XY quantum spin ice Yb$_2$Pt$_2$O$_7$

Abstract

The XY pyrochlore Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$, with pseudo spin 1/2 at the Yb$^{3+}$ site, has been celebrated as potential host for the quantum spin ice state. The substitution of non-magnetic Ti with Pt gives Yb$_2$Pt$_2$O$_7$, a system with remarkably similar magnetic properties. The large nuclear gyromagnetic ratio ($\gamma_{n}/2 \pi = 9.15$~MHz/T) of $^{195}$Pt makes Yb$_2$Pt$_2$O$_7$ an ideal material for NMR investigation of its unconventional magnetic properties. Based on the $^{195}$Pt nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1$ and the magnetic specific heat $C_{p}$ measured in a broad range of magnetic field $B_{ext}$, we demonstrate that the field-induced magnon gap linearly decreases with $B_{ext}$ but additional low energy mode of spin excitations emerge below $\sim 0.5$~T.

Authors

Takahashi SK; Arsenault A; Mauws C; Hallas AM; Sarkis C; Ross KA; Wiebe CR; Tachibana M; Luke GM; Imai T

Publication date

January 8, 2018

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.1801.02724

Preprint server

arXiv

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