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Electron-electron interactions in low-dimensional Si:P delta layers

June 15, 2020
Author(s)
Joseph Hagmann, Xiqiao Wang, Ranjit Kashid, Pradeep Namboodiri, Jonathan Wyrick, Scott W. Schmucker, Michael Stewart, Richard M. Silver, Curt A. Richter
Key to producing quantum computing devices based on the atomistic placement of dopants in silicon by scanning tunneling microscope (STM) lithography is the formation of embedded highly doped Si:P delta layers (δ-layers). This study investigates the

Structural, Magnetic, and Electronic Evolution of the Spin-Ladder System BaFe 2 S 3-x Se x with Isoelectronic Substitution

June 12, 2020
Author(s)
Jia Yu, Meng Wang, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Hualei Sun, Junjie Yin, Zengjia Liu, Shan Wu, Ming Yi, Zhijun Xu, Arani Acharya, Qingzhen Huang, Edith Bourret-Courchesne, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Robert J. Birgeneau
We report experimental studies of a series of BaFe 2S 3-xSe x (0less than or equal to}xless than or equal to}3) single crystals and powder specimens using x-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, muon spin relaxation, and electrical transport measurements

Ferromagnetism in van der Waals Compound MnSb 1.8 Bi 0.2 Te 4

June 11, 2020
Author(s)
Yangyang Chen, Ya-Wen Chuang, Seng Huat Lee, Yanglin Zhu, Kevin Honz, Yingdong Guan, Yu Wang, Ke Wang, Zhiqiang Mao, Jun Zhu, Colin A. Heikes, Patrick Quarterman, P. Zajdel, Julie Borchers, William D. Ratcliff
The intersection of topology and magnetism represent a new playground to discover novel quantum phenomena and new device concepts. In this work, we show that a van der Waals compound MnSb 1.8 Bi 0.2Te 4 exhibits a ferromagnetic ground state with a Curie

Topological Singularity Induced Chiral Kohn Anomaly in a Weyl Semimetal

June 11, 2020
Author(s)
Thanh Nguyen, Fei Han, Nina Andrejevic, Ricardo Pablo-Pedro, Anju Apte, Yoichiro Tsurimaki, Zhiwei Ding, Kunyan Zhang, Ahmet Alatas, Ercan E. Alp, Songxue Chi, Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Masaaki Matsuda, David Alan Tennant, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Shengxi Huang, Mingda Li
The electron-phonon interaction (EPI) is instrumental in a wide variety of phenomena in solid state physics, such as electrical resistivity in metals [1], carrier mobility, optical transition and polaron effects in semiconductors [2,3], lifetime of hot

Design and Realization of a Sputter Deposition System for the in situ and in operando Use in Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Experiments: Novel Capabilities

June 1, 2020
Author(s)
Jingfan Ye, Alexander Book, Sina Mayr, Henrik Gabold, Fankai Meng, Helena Schafferer, Ryan F. Need, Dustin Gilbert, Thomas Saerbeck, Jochen Stahn, Peter Boni, Wolfgang Kreuzpaintner
Recently, the design and realization of a sputter-deposition system for in situ and in operando neutron reflectometry (PNR) was reported. The device allows magnetic thin films and heterostructures to be grown, while the sample remains aligned in the

Magnetic Field Frustration of the Metal-Insulator Transition in V 2 O 3

June 1, 2020
Author(s)
J. Trastoy, A. Camjayi, J. del Valle, Y. Kalcheim, J.-P. Crocombette, Dustin A. Gilbert, Julie Borchers, J. E. Villegas, D. Ravelosona, M. J. Rozenberg, Ivan K. Schuller
Despite decades of efforts, the origin of metal-insulator transitions (MITs) in strongly-correlated materials remains one of the main longstanding problems in condensed-matter physics. An archetypal example is V 2O 3, which undergoes simultaneous

Nature of the Spin Resonance Mode in CeCoIn 5

May 29, 2020
Author(s)
Yu Song, Weiyi Wang, John S. Van Dyke, Naveen Pouse, Sheng Ran, Duygu Yazici, Astrid Schneidewind, Petr Cermak, Yiming Qiu, M. B. Maple, Dirk K. Morr, Pengcheng Dai
Complex intertwined orders often emerge in strongly correlated electron materials in the vicinity of unconventional superconductivity. Superconductivity is typically optimized when such orders are suppressed, although associated fluctuations remain intense

Amplitude and frequency sensing of microwave fields with a superconducting transmon qudit

May 21, 2020
Author(s)
Maximilian Kristen, Andre Schneider, Alexander Stehli, Tim Wolz, Sergey Danilin, Hsiang S. Ku, Junling Long, Xian Wu, Russell Lake, David P. Pappas, Alexey V. Ustinov, Martin Weides
Experiments with superconducting circuits require careful calibration of the applied pulses and fields over a large frequency range. This remains an ongoing challenge as commercial semiconductor electronics are not able to probe signals arriving at the

Orientation Dependence of the Magnetic Phase Diagram of Yb 2 Ti 2 O 7

May 21, 2020
Author(s)
S. Saubert, A. Scheie, C. Duvinage, J. Kindervater, S. Zhang, H. J. Changlani, Guangyong Xu, S. M. Koohpayeh, O. Tchernyshyov, Collin L. Broholm, C. Pfleiderer
In the quest to realize a quantum spin liquid (QSL), magnetic long-range order is hardly welcome. Yet it can offer deep insights into a complex world of strong correlations and fluctuations. Much hope was placed in the cubic pyrochlore Yb 2Ti 2O 7 as a

Correlating Magnetic Structure and Magnetotransport in Semimetal Thin Films of Eu 1-x Sm x TiO 3

May 15, 2020
Author(s)
Zach Porter, Ryan F. Need, Kaveh Ahadi, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Brian Kirby, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Susanne Stemmer, Stephen D. Wilson
We report on the evolution of the average and depth-dependent magnetic order in thin film samples of biaxially stressed and electron-doped EuTiO 3 for samples across a doping range 20 cm −3. Under an applied in-plane magnetic field, the G-type

Three-Magnon Bound States in the Quasi-One-Dimensional Antiferromagnet a-NaMnO 2

May 14, 2020
Author(s)
Rebecca L Dally, Alvin J. R. Heng, Anna Keselman, Mitchell M. Bordelon, Matthew B. Stone, Leon Balents, Stephen D. Wilson
Here we report on the formation of two and three magnon bound states in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet α-NaMnO 2, where the single-ion, uniaxial anisotropy inherent to the Mn 3+ ions in this material provides a binding mechanism capable of

Magnetic Order and Instability in Newly Synthesized CoSeAs Marcasite

May 13, 2020
Author(s)
Yiyao Chen, G. Yumnam, A. Dahal, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Guangyong Xu, T. Heitmann, D. K. Singh
Marcasite class of compounds provide facile platform to explore novel phenomena of fundamental and technological importance, such as unconventional superconductivity or high performance electrocatalyst. We report the synthesis and experimental

Open-system tensor networks and Kramers' crossover for quantum transport

May 12, 2020
Author(s)
Gabriela Wojtowicz, Justin E. Elenewski, Marek Rams, Michael P. Zwolak
Tensor networks are a powerful tool for many-body ground-states with limited entanglement. These methods can nonetheless fail for certain time-dependent processes - such as quantum trans- port or quenches - where entanglement growth is linear in time

Enhanced magnetization in proton irradiated Mn3Si2Te6 van der Waals crystals

April 28, 2020
Author(s)
L. M. Martinez, H. Iturriaga, R. Olmos, L. Shao, Y. Liu, Thuc Mai, C. Petrovic, Angela R. Hight Walker, S. R. Singamaneni
van der Waals (vdW) engineering of magnetism is a topic of increasing research interest in the community at present. We study the magnetic properties of quasi-two-dimensional layered vdW Mn3Si2Te6 (MST) crystals upon proton irradiation as a function of

Index of refraction of germanium

April 27, 2020
Author(s)
John H. Burnett, Eric C. Benck, Simon G. Kaplan, Erik Stover, Adam Phenis
Measurements of the index of refraction of a sample of high-quality, single-crystal germanium using the minimum deviation refractometry method are presented for temperatures near 22 degC and for wavelengths in the range 2 micron to 14 micron. The standard

Anisotropic Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Neutron Spin Resonance in FeSe

April 16, 2020
Author(s)
Tong Chen, Youzhe Chen, David W. Tam, Bin Gao, Yiming Qiu, Astrid Schneidewind, Igor Radelytskyi, Karel Prokes, Songxue Chi, Masaaki Matsuda, Collin L. Broholm, Pengcheng Dai
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study the effect of a magnetic field on the neutron spin resonance (Er = 3.6 meV) of superconducting FeSe (Tc = 9 K). While a field aligned along the in-plane direction broadens and suppresses the resonance, a c-axis

Enhancement and Reentrance of Spin Triplet Superconductivity in UTe 2 under Pressure

April 14, 2020
Author(s)
Sheng NMN Ran, Hyunsoo Kim, I-Lin Liu, Shanta Ranjan Saha, Ian Hayes, Tristin Metz, Yun Suk Eo, Johnpierre N. Paglione, Nicholas Butch
In a Kondo lattice system, suppression of effective Kondo coupling leads to the breakdown of the heavy-electron metal and a change in the electronic structure^1-4^. Spin triplet superconductivity in the Kondo lattice UTe 2 5 appears to be associated with

Materializing Rival Ground States in the Barlowite Family of Kagome Magnets: Quantum Spin Liquid, Spin Ordered, and Valence Bond Crystal States

April 14, 2020
Author(s)
Rebecca W. Smaha, Wei He, Jack Mingde Jiang, JiaJia Wen, Yi-Fan Jiang, John P. Sheckelton, Charles J. Titus, Suyin Grass Wang, Yu-Sheng Chen, Simon J. Teat, Adam A. Aczel, Yang Zhao, Guangyong Xu, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Hong-Chen Jiang, Young S. Lee
Quantum magnet display exotic phases that may be strongly influenced by small differences in structure and composition. Comprehensive structural and magnetic measurements (involving x-ray scattering, neutron scattering, and thermodynamic techniques) were
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