Fate of a soliton matter upon symmetry-breaking ferroelectric order

In a one-dimensional (1D) system with degenerate ground states, their domain boundaries, dubbed solitons, emerge as topological excitations often carrying unconventional charges and spins; however, the soliton excitations are only vital in the non-ordered 1D regime. Then a question arises; how do th...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-08
Main Authors: Sunami, K, Takehara, R, Katougi, A, Miyagawa, K, Horiuchi, S, Kato, R, Miyamoto, T, Okamoto, H, Kanoda, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broken symmetry
Dimers
Electrons
Excitation
Ferroelectric materials
Ferroelectricity
Magnetism
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Solitary waves
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Summary:In a one-dimensional (1D) system with degenerate ground states, their domain boundaries, dubbed solitons, emerge as topological excitations often carrying unconventional charges and spins; however, the soliton excitations are only vital in the non-ordered 1D regime. Then a question arises; how do the solitons conform to a 3D ordered state? Here, using a quasi-1D organic ferroelectric, TTF-CA, with degenerate polar dimers, we pursue the fate of a spin-soliton charge-soliton composite matter in a 1D polar-dimer liquid upon its transition to a 3D ferroelectric order by resistivity, NMR and NQR measurements. We demonstrate that the soliton matter undergoes neutral spin-spin soliton pairing and spin-charge soliton pairing to form polarons, coping with the 3D order. The former contributes to the magnetism through triplet excitations whereas the latter carries electrical current. Our results reveal the whole picture of a soliton matter that condenses into the 3D ordered state.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2008.09337