Insulating phases of vanadium dioxide are Mott-Hubbard insulators

Huffman, T. J.; Hendriks, C.; Walter, E. J.; Yoon, Joonseok; Ju, Honglyoul; Smith, R.; Carr, G. L.; Krakauer, H.; Qazilbash, M. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.075125

Insulating phases of vanadium dioxide are Mott-Hubbard insulators

Journal Article · Wed Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.075125· OSTI ID:1376670

Huffman, T. J. ^[1]; Hendriks, C. ^[1]; Walter, E. J. ^[1]; Yoon, Joonseok ^[2]; Ju, Honglyoul ^[2]; Smith, R. ^[3]; Carr, G. L. ^[3]; Krakauer, H. ^[1]; Qazilbash, M. M. ^[1]

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)
Yonsei Univ., Seoul (Republic of Korea)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Here, we present comprehensive broadband optical spectroscopy data on two insulating phases of vanadium dioxide (VO₂): monoclinic M₂ and triclinic. The main result of our work is that the energy gap and the electronic structure are essentially unaltered by the first-order structural phase transition between the M₂ and triclinic phases. Moreover, the optical interband features in the M₂ and triclinic phases are remarkably similar to those observed in the well-studied monoclinic M₁ insulating phase of VO₂. As the energy gap is insensitive to the different lattice structures of the three insulating phases, we rule out vanadium-vanadium pairing (the Peierls component) as the dominant contributor to the opening of the gap. Rather, the energy gap arises primarily from intra-atomic Coulomb correlations.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1376670

Report Number(s):: BNL--114002-2017-JA

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 95; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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