2020/06/18 by Yonghao Gao, Yong Hao Gao, Gang Chen
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties #Lattice (music) #Quantum #Quantum spin liquid #Series (stratigraphy) #Spin (aerodynamics) #Spin engineering #Square lattice #Thermal #Topological Materials and Phenomena #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab9df0
published as Chinese Physics B, 29, 097501 (2020) · 7 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2020/06/18 · openalex created_date 2020/06/25 · arxiv created 2020/11/05 · arxiv updated 2020/11/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Despite the apparent ubiquity and variety of quantum spin liquids in theory, experimental confirmation of spin liquids remains to be a huge challenge. Motivated by the recent surge of evidences for spin liquids in a series of candidate materials, we highlight the experimental schemes, involving the thermal Hall transport and spectrum measurements, that can result in smoking-gun signatures of spin liquids beyond the usual ones. For clarity, we investigate the square lattice spin liquids and theoretically predict the possible phenomena that may emerge in the corresponding spin liquids candidates. The mechanisms for these signatures can be traced back to either the intrinsic characters of spin liquids or the external field-driven behaviors. Our conclusion does not depend on the geometry of lattices and can broadly apply to other relevant spin liquids.