Emergent Dispersive Multipolar Excitations in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>NaErSe</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:
In most condensed-matter systems, local and collective excitations remain decoupled due to their distinct energy scales. Here, we identify the coupled local-collective excitations in the triangular antiferromagnet NaErSe_{2}, by combining neutron spectroscopy with a total angular momentum modeling. The low-lying crystalline electric field (CEF) doublets include a dipolar Γ_{4} ground state forming a stripe-x order and a Γ_{5,6} excited state with dipole-octupole character. High-resolution spectra reveal emergent symmetry-selected dispersions where magnon branches from the ground state are replicated on higher Γ_{4} levels but couple with the Γ_{5,6} levels to form a distinct multipolar band. An applied magnetic field reconstructs the CEF wave functions and polarizes the system into a multipolar ferromagnet, further reshaping the spectra. The study demonstrates the emergent coupling of local and collective excitations driven by strong spin-orbit coupling and establishes NaErSe_{2} as a platform for field-tunable multipolar excitations in frustrated magnets.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
- China Jiliang University (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/7k9l-j1kh
- Primary Topic
- Iron-based superconductors research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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