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Title: Quasi-Two-Dimensional Anomalous Hall Mott Insulator of Topologically Engineered J eff = 1 / 2 Electrons

Journal Article · · Physical Review. X

We investigate an experimental toy-model system of a pseudospin-half square-lattice Hubbard Hamiltonian in [(SrIrO3)1/(CaTiO3)1] to include both nontrivial complex hopping and moderate electronic correlation. While the former induces electronic Berry phases as anticipated from the weak-coupling limit, the later stabilizes an antiferromagnetic (AFM) Mott insulator ground state in analogous to the strong-coupling limit. Their combined results in the real system are found to be an anomalous Hall effect with a non-monotonic temperature dependence due to the self-competition of the electron-hole pairing in the Mott state, and an exceptionally large Ising anisotropy that is captured as a giant magnon gap beyond the superexchange approach. The unusual phenomena highlight the rich interplay of electronic topology and electronic correlation in the intermediate-coupling regime that is largely unexplored and challenging in theoretical modelling.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); JSPS KAKENHI; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); High Magnetic Field Laboratory of Anhui Province
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-06CH11357; DMR-1848269; N00014-20-1-2809; JP19K14650; JP22K03508; 12104460; AHHM-FX-2021-03
OSTI ID:
1877443
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1881978; OSTI ID: 1909697
Report Number(s):
BNL-223256-2022-JAAM; PRXHAE; 031015
Journal Information:
Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Vol. 12 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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