Magnetism and local symmetry breaking in a Mott insulator with strong spin orbit interactions

Lu, L.; Song, M.; Liu, W.; Reyes, A. P.; Kuhns, P.; Lee, H. O.; Fisher, I. R.; Mitrovic, V. F.

doi:10.1038/ncomms14407

Title: Magnetism and local symmetry breaking in a Mott insulator with strong spin orbit interactions

Journal Article · Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14407· OSTI ID:1347556

Lu, L. ^[1]; Song, M. ^[1]; Liu, W. ^[1]; Reyes, A. P. ^[2]; Kuhns, P. ^[2]; Lee, H. O. ^[3]; Fisher, I. R. ^[3]; Mitrovic, V. F. ^[1]

Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
National High Magnetic Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Study of the combined effects of strong electronic correlations with spin-orbit coupling (SOC) represents a central issue in quantum materials research. Predicting emergent properties represents a huge theoretical problem since the presence of SOC implies that the spin is not a good quantum number. Existing theories propose the emergence of a multitude of exotic quantum phases, distinguishable by either local point symmetry breaking or local spin expectation values, even in materials with simple cubic crystal structure such as Ba₂NaOsO₆. Experimental tests of these theories by local probes are highly sought for. Our local measurements designed to concurrently probe spin and orbital/lattice degrees of freedom of Ba₂NaOsO₆ provide such tests. As a result, we show that a canted ferromagnetic phase which is preceded by local point symmetry breaking is stabilized at low temperatures, as predicted by quantum theories involving multipolar spin interactions.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8; ISSN 2041-1723

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