Real-Space Imaging of Triplon Excitations in Engineered Quantum Magnets

Phys Rev Lett. 2023 Aug 25;131(8):086701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.086701.

Abstract

Quantum magnets provide a powerful platform to explore complex quantum many-body phenomena. One example is triplon excitations, exotic many-body modes emerging from propagating singlet-triplet transitions. We engineer a minimal quantum magnet from organic molecules and demonstrate the emergence of dispersive triplon modes in one- and two-dimensional assemblies probed with scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. Our results provide the first demonstration of dispersive triplon excitations from a real-space measurement.