Figure 4: Comparison of the spinon continuum between the kagome and the honeycomb lattices. | Nature Communications

Figure 4: Comparison of the spinon continuum between the kagome and the honeycomb lattices.

From: Raman spectroscopic signature of fractionalized excitations in the harmonic-honeycomb iridates β- and γ-Li2IrO3

Figure 4

(a) Raman spectra of ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 in (aa) polarization as a function of temperature. The data are taken from ref. 43. The shadings are the spinon continuum. The asterisks denote optical phonons with Fano line shape. (b,c) Raman spectra of β- and γ-Li2IrO3 at various temperatures.

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