# Field evolution of magnons in α−RuCl3 by high-resolution polarized terahertz spectroscopy

@article{Wu2018FieldEO,
title={Field evolution of magnons in
$\alpha$−RuCl3
by high-resolution polarized terahertz spectroscopy},
author={Liang Wu and Arielle Little and Erik E. Aldape and Dylan Rees and Eric Thewalt and Paula Lampen-Kelley and Arnab Banerjee and Craig A. Bridges and Jiaqiang Yan and Derrick Boone and Shreyas Patankar and David Goldhaber-Golden and David G. Mandrus and Stephen E. Nagler and Ehud Altman and Joseph Orenstein},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2018}
}
The quantum spin liquid (QSL) -- a phase of matter with no ordered ground state -- is of fundamental interest as excitations in this phase may break the molds of bosons and fermions and develop more complicated properties. The honeycomb magnet $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-RuCl${}_{3}$ has emerged as a candidate for realization of a QSL. Although it orders at low temperature, an in-plane magnetic field of around 7 Tesla destroys the order; the nature of this transition is intensely studied. Here, the…

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