We investigate fermionic Mott insulators in a geometrically frustrated triangular lattice, a paradigm model system for studying spin liquids and spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking. Our study demonstrates the preparation of triangular Mott insulators and reveals antiferromagnetic spin-spin correlations among all nearest neighbors. We employ a real-space triangular-geometry quantum gas microscope to measure density and spin observables. Comparing experimental results with calculations based on numerical linked cluster expansions and quantum Monte Carlo techniques, we demonstrate thermometry in the frustrated system. Our experimental platform introduces an alternative approach to frustrated lattices which paves the way for future investigations of exotic quantum magnetism which may lead to a direct detection of quantum spin liquids in Hubbard systems.
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Linescan Lattice Microscopy: A Technique for the Accurate Measurement and Mapping of Lattice Spacing and Strain with Atomic Force Microscopy
- Award ID(s):
- 1761874
- PAR ID:
- 10377715
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Langmuir
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 27
- ISSN:
- 0743-7463
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 8261 to 8269
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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