Quantum spin ice: a search for gapless quantum spin liquids in pyrochlore magnets

MJP Gingras, PA McClarty - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The spin ice materials, including Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7 and Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7, are rare-earth pyrochlore
magnets which, at low temperatures, enter a constrained paramagnetic state with an …

Frustrated quantum rare-earth pyrochlores

JG Rau, MJP Gingras - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we provide an introduction to the physics of a series of frustrated quantum rare-
earth pyrochlores. We first give a background on the microscopic single-and two-ion physics …

Frustration and anisotropic exchange in ytterbium magnets with edge-shared octahedra

JG Rau, MJP Gingras - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We consider the structure of anisotropic exchange interactions in ytterbium-based insulating
rare-earth magnets built from edge-sharing octahedra. We argue the features of trivalent …

Analysis of Mg-based spinels MgGd2X4 (X= S, Se) for spintronic and thermoelectric device applications: Ab-initio calculations

NA Noor, MA Majeed, MA Khan, S Niaz… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spin-dependent magnetic, thermoelectric, and electronic characteristics of Mg-based
spinels MgGd 2 X 4 (X= S, Se) are investigated using density functional theory (DFT) …

Experimental insights into ground-state selection of quantum XY pyrochlores

AM Hallas, J Gaudet, BD Gaulin - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Extensive experimental investigations of the magnetic structures and excitations in the XY
pyrochlores have been carried out over the past decade. Three families of XY pyrochlores …

Investigation of X2CdS4 (X= Dy, Tm) spinels for energy harvesting and spintronic applications

I Tariq, M Yaseen, SA Aldaghfag, A Aziz - Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The structural, electronic, magnetic, optical, and thermoelectric (TE) features of X 2 CdS 4
(X​=​ Dy, Tm) spinels are investigated by using the full potential linearized augmented …

Comprehensive study of ferromagnetic MgNd2X4 (X= S, Se) spinels for spintronic and solar cells device applications

M Robail, NA Noor, MW Iqbal, H Ullah, A Mahmood… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Full potential LAPW+ lo method is used for exploring electronic, structural and thermoelectric
properties for MgNd 2 X 4 (X= S, Se) spinels that are found to show ferromagnetic …

Pseudo-Goldstone gaps and order-by-quantum disorder in frustrated magnets

JG Rau, PA McClarty, R Moessner - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
In systems with competing interactions, continuous degeneracies can appear which are
accidental, in that they are not related to any symmetry of the Hamiltonian. Accordingly, the …

Ground state phase diagram of generic pyrochlore magnets with quantum fluctuations

AWC Wong, Z Hao, MJP Gingras - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2013 - APS
Motivated by recent experimental and theoretical progress on the Er 2 Ti 2 O 7 pyrochlore
XY antiferromagnet, we study the general problem of quantum order-by-disorder in …

Impact of terbium (Tb) on ferromagnetism and thermoelectric behaviour of spinels MgTb2 (S/Se) 4 for spintronic

M Hassan, SA Rouf, AS Alofi, Q Mahmood… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ferromagnetism due to rare earth elements-based spinel chalcogenides has become
emerging aspirant for spintronic devices. Therefore, theoretically computed electronic …