Field-Tuned Magnetic Structure and Phase Diagram of the Honeycomb Magnet YbCl3

Published

March 1, 2021

Author(s)

Yiqing Hao, Hongliang Wo, Yimeng Gu, Xiaowen Zhang, YiQing Gu, ShiYi Zheng, Yang Zhao, Guangyong Xu, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Naoki Murai, Wenbin Wang, Jun Zhao

Abstract

We report thermodynamic and neutron diffraction measurements on the magnetic ordering properties of the honeycomb lattice magnet YbCl₃. We find YbCl₃ exhibits a Neel type long-range magnetic order at the wavevector (0,0,0) below T_N = 600 mK. This magnetic order is associated with a small sharp peak in heat capacity and most magnetic entropy release occurs above the magnetic ordering temperature. The magnetic moment lies in-plane, parallel to the monoclinic a-axis, whose magnitude m_{YbY = 0.86(3) υ}dB^ is considerably smaller than the expected fully ordered moment of 2.24 υ_{B6 for the doublet crystal-field ground state. These results indicate the presence of strong quantum fluctuations in YbCl}d3^.

Citation

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy

Volume

64

Issue

3

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

quantum magnet, neutron scattering, honeycomb magnet

Citation

Hao, Y. , Wo, H. , Gu, Y. , Zhang, X. , Gu, Y. , Zheng, S. , Zhao, Y. , Xu, G. , Lynn, J. , Murai, N. , Wang, W. and Zhao, J. (2021), Field-Tuned Magnetic Structure and Phase Diagram of the Honeycomb Magnet YbCl₃, Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy (Accessed October 27, 2025)