Observation of the orbital quantum dynamics in the spin-1/2 hexagonal antiferromagnet Ba3CuSb2O9

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关键词: TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;    CRYSTAL;    LIQUID;    ORDER;    FIELD;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.92.180410

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We have studied orbital dynamics in the spin liquid candidate Ba3CuSb2O9 using multifrequency electron-spin resonance. We prepared two high-quality single crystals. The crystal with a slight copper deficiency shows a structural phase transition at around 200 K due to the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect, accompanied with orbital ordering. In contrast, the crystal with almost perfect stoichiometry shows no orbital ordering down to the lowest temperature of 1.5 K. Dramatic change in the g factor anisotropy as a function of frequency and temperature demonstrates orbital quantum fluctuations at a nearly constant time scale of similar to 100 ps below 20 K, evidencing the emergence of an orbital liquid state in this quantum spin liquid compound.

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