Magnetic transitions in the topological magnon insulator Cu(1,3-bdc)

R. Chisnell, J. S. Helton, D. E. Freedman, D. K. Singh, F. Demmel, C. Stock, D. G. Nocera, and Y. S. Lee
Phys. Rev. B 93, 214403 – Published 2 June 2016

Abstract

Topological magnon insulators are a new class of magnetic materials that possess topologically nontrivial magnon bands. As a result, magnons in these materials display properties analogous to those of electrons in topological insulators. Here we present magnetization, specific heat, and neutron scattering measurements of the ferromagnetic kagome magnet Cu(1,3-bdc). Our measurements provide a detailed description of the magnetic structure and interactions in this material and confirm that it is an ideal prototype for topological magnon physics in a system with a simple spin Hamiltonian.

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  • Received 1 March 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.214403

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

R. Chisnell1,2,*, J. S. Helton2,†, D. E. Freedman3,4, D. K. Singh5, F. Demmel6, C. Stock6,‡, D. G. Nocera3,7, and Y. S. Lee1,8,9,§

  • 1Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 2NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • 3Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 4Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
  • 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
  • 6ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 7Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 8Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 9Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA

  • *robin.chisnell@nist.gov
  • Present address: Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, USA.
  • Present address: School of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom.
  • §youngsl@stanford.edu

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Vol. 93, Iss. 21 — 1 June 2016

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