Quantum magnetism in two dimensions: From semi-classical Néel order to magnetic disorder

J Richter, J Schulenburg, A Honecker - Quantum Magnetism, 2004 - Springer
It is known from the Mermin-Wagner theorem that magnetic long-range order can exist in two
dimensions only at zero temperature, but even then it can still be destroyed eg by quantum …

Artificial 'spin ice'in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands

RF Wang, C Nisoli, RS Freitas, J Li, W McConville… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Frustration, defined as a competition between interactions such that not all of them can be
satisfied, is important in systems ranging from neural networks to structural glasses …

Macroscopic magnetization jumps due to independent magnons in frustrated quantum spin lattices

J Schulenburg, A Honecker, J Schnack, J Richter… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
For a class of frustrated spin lattices including the Kagomé lattice we construct exact
eigenstates consisting of several independent, localized one-magnon states and argue that …

Enhanced magnetocaloric effect in frustrated magnets

ME Zhitomirsky - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
The magnetothermodynamics of strongly frustrated classical Heisenberg antiferromagnets
on kagome, garnet, and pyrochlore lattices is examined. The field induced adiabatic …

A one-third magnetization plateau phase as evidence for the Kitaev interaction in a honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet

Y Shangguan, S Bao, ZY Dong, N **, YP Gao, Z Ma… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The magnetization of a quantum magnet can be pinned at a fraction of its saturated value by
collective effects. One example of such a plateau phase is found in spin-1/2 triangular-lattice …

Ultrasharp magnetization steps in perovskite manganites

R Mahendiran, A Maignan, S Hébert, C Martin… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
We report a detailed study of steplike metamagnetic transitions in polycrystalline P r 0.5 C a
0.5 M n 0.95 C o 0.05 O 3. The steps have a sudden onset below a critical temperature, are …

Half-magnetization plateau stabilized by structural distortion in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a pyrochlore lattice

K Penc, N Shannon, H Shiba - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
Magnetization plateaus, visible as anomalies in magnetic susceptibility at low temperatures,
are one of the hallmarks of frustrated magnetism. We show how an extremely robust half …

Frustrated Kagome Antiferromagnets under High Magnetic Fields

HK Yoshida - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2022 - journals.jps.jp
Recent improvements in ultra-high magnetic field generation and precise measurement
techniques have facilitated the study of the physical properties of magnetic materials under …

The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba3CoSb2O9

Y Kamiya, L Ge, T Hong, Y Qiu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetization plateaus in quantum magnets—where bosonic quasiparticles crystallize into
emergent spin superlattices—are spectacular yet simple examples of collective quantum …

Cascade of phase transitions and large magnetic anisotropy in a triangle-kagome-triangle trilayer antiferromagnet

C Liu, T Chang, S Wang, S Zhou, X Wang… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Spins in strongly frustrated systems are of intense interest due to the emergence of intriguing
quantum states including superconductivity and quantum spin liquid. Herein, we report the …