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Discovery of quantum phases in the Shastry-Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)(2) under extreme conditions of field and pressure

Shi, Zhenzhong
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Dissanayake, Sachith
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Corboz, Philippe  
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April 28, 2022
Nature Communications

The 2-dimensional layered oxide material SrCu2(BO3)(2), long studied as a realization of the Shastry-Sutherland spin topology, exhibits a range of intriguing physics as a function of both hydrostatic pressure and magnetic field, with a still debated intermediate plaquette phase appearing at approximately 20 kbar and a possible deconfined critical point at higher pressure. Here, we employ a tunnel diode oscillator (TDO) technique to probe the behavior in the combined extreme conditions of high pressure, high magnetic field, and low temperature. We reveal an extensive phase space consisting of multiple magnetic analogs of the elusive supersolid phase and a magnetization plateau. In particular, a 10 x 2 supersolid and a 1/5 plateau, identified by infinite Projected Entangled Pair States (iPEPS) calculations, are found to rely on the presence of both magnetic and non-magnetic particles in the sea of dimer singlets. These states are best understood as descendants of the full-plaquette phase, the leading candidate for the intermediate phase of SrCu2(BO3)(2). SrCu2(BO3)2 is a 2D quantum antiferromagnet on a particular frustrated lattice showing multiple magnetization plateaus and quantum phase transitions under high pressure. Here the authors uncover novel magnetic phases in this material under combined effects of extreme magnetic field and pressure.

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