Spin-Induced Optical Conductivity in the Spin-Liquid Candidate Herbertsmithite

We report a direct measurement of the low-frequency optical conductivity of large-area single-crystal herbertsmithite, a promising spin-liquid candidate material, by means of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. In the spectral range below 1.4 THz, we observe a contribution to the real part of the in...

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Main Authors: Han, Tianheng (Author), Shrekenhamer, D. (Author), Padilla, W. J. (Author), Pilon, Daniel Victor (Contributor), Lui, Chun Hung (Contributor), Frenzel, Alex James (Contributor), Lee, Young S. (Contributor), Gedik, Nuh (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-02-18T15:51:33Z.
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