Experimental signatures of spin superfluid ground state in canted antiferromagnet Cr
            2
            O
            3
            via nonlocal spin transport

Wei Yuan; Qiong Zhu; Tang Su; Yunyan Yao; Wenyu Xing; Yangyang Chen; Xi Lin; Jing Shi; Ryuichi Shindou; X. C. Xie; Wei Han

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat1098

journal article Apr 06, 2018

Experimental signatures of spin superfluid ground state in canted antiferromagnet Cr 2 O 3 via nonlocal spin transport

Wei Yuan

Qiong Zhu Tang Su Yunyan Yao Wenyu Xing

Yangyang Chen

Xi Lin

Jing Shi

Ryuichi Shindou X. C. Xie Wei Han

Science Advances Vol. 4 No. 4 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

We report direct experimental signatures for the spin superfluid ground state in canted antiferromagnets via nonlocal spin transport.

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