Tetrahedral triple-Q magnetic ordering and large spontaneous Hall conductivity in the metallic triangular antiferromagnet CoTaS.

The triangular lattice antiferromagnet (TLAF) has been the standard paradigm of frustrated magnetism for several decades. The most common magnetic ordering in insulating TLAFs is the 120° structure. However, a new triple-Q chiral ordering can emerge in metallic TLAFs, representing the short wavelength limit of magnetic skyrmion crystals.

Direct observation of topological magnon polarons in a multiferroic material.

Magnon polarons are novel elementary excitations possessing hybrid magnonic and phononic signatures, and are responsible for many exotic spintronic and magnonic phenomena. Despite long-term sustained experimental efforts in chasing for magnon polarons, direct spectroscopic evidence of their existence is hardly observed. Here, we report the direct observation of magnon polarons using neutron spectroscopy on a multiferroic FeMoO possessing strong magnon-phonon coupling.

Spin fluctuations in the 112-type iron-based superconductor CaLaFeNiAs.

We report time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering (INS) investigations on the spin fluctuation spectrum in the 112-type iron-based superconductor (FeSC) CaLaFeNiAs(CaLa-112). In comparison to the 122-type FeSCs with a centrosymmetric tetragonal lattice structure (space groupI4/mmm) at room temperature and an in-plane stripe-type antiferromagnetic (AF) order at low temperature, the 112 system has a noncentrosymmetric structure (space groupP21) with additional zigzag arsenic chains between Ca/La layers and a magnetic ground state with similar wavevectorQAFbut different orientations of ordered moments in the parent compounds. Our INS study clearly reveals that the in-plane dispersions and the bandwidth of spin excitations in the superconducting CaLa-112 closely resemble to those in 122 systems.

The ω scaling of the vibrational density of states in quasi-2D nanoconfined solids.

The vibrational properties of crystalline bulk materials are well described by Debye theory, which successfully predicts the quadratic ω low-frequency scaling of the vibrational density of states. However, the analogous framework for nanoconfined materials with fewer degrees of freedom has been far less well explored. Using inelastic neutron scattering, we characterize the vibrational density of states of amorphous ice confined inside graphene oxide membranes and we observe a crossover from the Debye ω scaling to an anomalous ω behaviour upon reducing the confinement size L.

Quantum magnetisms in uniform triangular lattices LiAMoO (A = In, Sc).

Molecular based spin-1/2 triangular lattice systems such as LiZnMoO have attracted research interest. Distortions, defects, and intersite disorder are suppressed in such molecular-based magnets, and intrinsic geometrical frustration gives rise to unconventional and unexpected ground states. LiAMoO (A = In or Sc) is such a compound where spin-1/2 MoO clusters in place of Mo ions form the uniform triangular lattice.

High-energy spin fluctuation in low-T iron-based superconductor LaFePO.

Spin fluctuations are widely believed to play an important role in the superconducting mechanisms of unconventional high temperature superconductors. Spin fluctuations have been observed in iron-based superconductors as well. However, in some iron-based superconductors such as LaFePO, they have not been observed by inelastic neutron scattering (INS).

Odd and Even Modes of Neutron Spin Resonance in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor CaKFe_{4}As_{4}.

We report an inelastic neutron scattering study on the spin resonance in the bilayer iron-based superconductor CaKFe_{4}As_{4}. In contrast to its quasi-two-dimensional electron structure, three strongly L-dependent modes of spin resonance are found below T_{c}=35  K. The mode energies are below and linearly scale with the total superconducting gaps summed on the nesting hole and electron pockets, essentially in agreement with the results in cuprate and heavy fermion superconductors.

Elastic and dynamical structural properties of La and Mn-doped SrTiO studied by neutron scattering and their relation with thermal conductivities.

The electron-doped SrTiO exhibits good thermoelectric properties, which makes this material a promising candidate of an n-type oxide thermoelectric device. Recent studies indicated that only a few percent co-doping of La and Mn in SrTiO substantially reduces the thermal conductivity, thereby greatly improving the thermoelectric figure of merit at room temperature. Our time-of-flight neutron scattering studies revealed that by doping both La and Mn into SrTiO, the inelastic scattering spectrum shows a momentum-independent increase in the low-energy spectral weight approximately below 10 meV.

Spin-Orbital Correlated Dynamics in the Spinel-Type Vanadium Oxide MnV_{2}O_{4}.

We investigate the magnetic dynamics in the spinel-type vanadium oxide MnV_{2}O_{4}. Inelastic neutron scattering around 10 meV and a Heisenberg model analysis have revealed that V^{3+} spin-wave modes exist at a lower-energy region than previously reported. The scattering around 20 meV cannot be reproduced with the spin-wave analysis.