Beyond Kitaev physics in strong spin-orbit coupled magnets

I Rousochatzakis, NB Perkins, Q Luo… - Reports on Progress in …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the recent advances and current challenges in the field of strong spin-orbit
coupled Kitaev materials, with a particular emphasis on the physics beyond the exactly …

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S Trebst, C Hickey - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In transition-metal compounds with partially filled 4 d and 5 d shells spin–orbit
entanglement, electronic correlations, and crystal-field effects conspire to give rise to a …

Magnetization processes of zigzag states on the honeycomb lattice: Identifying spin models for and

L Janssen, EC Andrade, M Vojta - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We study the field-induced magnetization processes of extended Heisenberg-Kitaev models
on the honeycomb lattice, taking into account off-diagonal and longer-range exchange …

Spin-orbit phase behavior of at low temperatures

W Chen, X Li, Z Hu, Z Hu, L Yue, R Sutarto, F He, K Iida… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We present a comprehensive study of single crystals of Na 2 Co 2 TeO 6, a putative Kitaev
honeycomb magnet, focusing on its low-temperature phase behaviors. A new thermal phase …

Probing Beyond Magnetic Order: Effects of Temperature and Magnetic Field

SM Winter, K Riedl, D Kaib, R Coldea, R Valentí - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Recent studies have brought α-RuCl 3 to the forefront of experimental searches for materials
realizing Kitaev spin-liquid physics. This material exhibits strongly anisotropic exchange …

Heisenberg–Kitaev physics in magnetic fields

L Janssen, M Vojta - Journal of Physics: condensed matter, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic insulators in the regime of strong spin–orbit coupling exhibit intriguing behaviors in
external magnetic fields, reflecting the frustrated nature of their effective interactions. We …

Quantum spin liquid signatures in Kitaev-like frustrated magnets

M Gohlke, G Wachtel, Y Yamaji, F Pollmann, YB Kim - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Motivated by recent experiments on α-RuCl 3, we investigate a possible quantum spin liquid
ground state of the honeycomb-lattice spin model with bond-dependent interactions. We …

Heart of entanglement: Chiral, nematic, and incommensurate phases in the Kitaev-Gamma ladder in a field

ES Sørensen, A Catuneanu, JS Gordon, HY Kee - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The bond-dependent Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice with anyonic excitations has
recently attracted considerable attention. However, in solid-state materials other spin …

Compass-model physics on the hyperhoneycomb lattice in the extreme spin-orbit regime

R Okuma, K MacFarquharson, RD Johnson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The physics of spin-orbit entangled magnetic moments of 4d and 5d transition metal ions on
a honeycomb lattice has been much explored in the search for unconventional magnetic …

Breakdown of Magnetic Order in the Pressurized Kitaev Iridate

M Majumder, RS Manna, G Simutis, JC Orain, T Dey… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Temperature-pressure phase diagram of the Kitaev hyperhoneycomb iridate β-Li 2 IrO 3 is
explored using magnetization, thermal expansion, magnetostriction, and muon spin rotation …