Xiaoyu Xu, Yunlong Wang, Xuejuan Gui, Jun Luo, Guijing Duan, Ke Shi, Zhaosheng Wang, Shuo Li, Huifen Ren, Chuanying Xi, Langsheng Ling, Zhanlong Wu, Ying Chen, Xiaohui Bo, Xinyu Shi, Kefan Du, Rui Bian, Jie Yang, Yi Cui, Rui Zhou, Jinchen Wang, Rong Yu, Weiqiang Yu
In frustrated Ising magnets, classical spin liquids (CSLs) with macroscopic ground-state degeneracy can survive against conventional magnetic order. Here we report the discovery of a high-field route toward spin liquids in a bilayer triangular lattice antiferromagnet, Rb2Co2(SeO3)3. We demonstrate that field-controlled dilution of dimers gives rise to a cascade of candidate CSLs within an intermediate temperature regime. These states are characterized by correlated Ising dimers and are found to exhibit a macroscopic residual entropy of 1/2(1-M/Ms)Rln2, originating from doubly degenerate spin configurations. Owing to the interplay of intra- and inter-layer interactions, these CSLs are stabilized by lattice symmetry breaking, precursory to the low-temperature fractional magnetization plateaus. Such field-induced spin liquids can be understood as a consequence of generalized ice rules. In particular, the 5/6-plateau phase may host a quantum spin liquid ground state. Our results thereby establish a new pathway for exploring diverse spin liquid states across both classical and quantum regimes.