Strong Coupling of Microwave Photons to Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in an Organic Magnet

Mergenthaler, Matthias; Liu, Junjie; Le Roy, Jennifer J.; Ares, Natalia; Thompson, Amber L.; Bogani, Lapo; Luis, Fernando; Blundell, Stephen J.; Lancaster, Tom; Ardavan, Arzhang; Briggs, G. Andrew D.; Leek, Peter J.; Laird, Edward A.

Abstract

Coupling between a crystal of di(phenyl)-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)iminoazanium radicals and a superconducting microwave resonator is investigated in a circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED) architecture. The crystal exhibits paramagnetic behavior above 4 K, with antiferromagnetic correlations appearing below this temperature, and we demonstrate strong coupling at base temperature. The magnetic resonance acquires a field angle dependence as the crystal is cooled down, indicating anisotropy of the exchange interactions. These results show that multispin modes in organic crystals are suitable for circuit QED, offering a platform for their coherent manipulation. They also utilize the circuit QED architecture as a way to probe spin correlations at low temperature.

Citation

Mergenthaler, M., Liu, J., Le Roy, J. J., Ares, N., Thompson, A. L., Bogani, L., …Laird, E. A. (2017). Strong Coupling of Microwave Photons to Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations in an Organic Magnet. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), Article 147701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.147701

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 7, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 9, 2017
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Electronic ISSN: 1079-7114
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 14
• Article Number: 147701
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.147701
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1343882
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.06202