α-RuCl3 inside an optical cavity (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

α-RuCl3 inside an optical cavity

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Inside the optical cavity, light particles emerge and disappear. These fluctuations can change the magnetic order of α-RuCl3 from a zigzag antiferromagnet into a ferromagnet.

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J. Harms, MPSD

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