Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate
Abstract
Spin and orbital quantum numbers play a key role in the physics of Mott insulators, but in most systems they are connected only indirectly—via the Pauli exclusion principle and the Coulomb interaction. Iridium-based oxides (iridates) introduce strong spin–orbit coupling directly, such that these numbers become entwined together and the Mott physics attains a strong orbital character. In the layered honeycomb iridates this is thought to generate highly spin–anisotropic magnetic interactions, coupling the spin to a given spatial direction of exchange and leading to strongly frustrated magnetism. Here we report a new iridate structure that has the same local connectivity as the layered honeycomb and exhibits striking evidence for highly spin–anisotropic exchange. The basic structural units of this material suggest that a new family of three-dimensional structures could exist, the ‘harmonic honeycomb’ iridates, of which the present compound is the first example.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clarendon Lab.
- Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), United Kingdom
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1581219
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; DGE 1106400; EP/H014934/1
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Modic, K. A., Smidt, Tess E., Kimchi, Itamar, Breznay, Nicholas P., Biffin, Alun, Choi, Sungkyun, Johnson, Roger D., Coldea, Radu, Watkins-Curry, Pilanda, McCandless, Gregory T., Chan, Julia Y., Gandara, Felipe, Islam, Z., Vishwanath, Ashvin, Shekhter, Arkady, McDonald, Ross D., and Analytis, James G. Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms5203.
Modic, K. A., Smidt, Tess E., Kimchi, Itamar, Breznay, Nicholas P., Biffin, Alun, Choi, Sungkyun, Johnson, Roger D., Coldea, Radu, Watkins-Curry, Pilanda, McCandless, Gregory T., Chan, Julia Y., Gandara, Felipe, Islam, Z., Vishwanath, Ashvin, Shekhter, Arkady, McDonald, Ross D., & Analytis, James G. Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5203
Modic, K. A., Smidt, Tess E., Kimchi, Itamar, Breznay, Nicholas P., Biffin, Alun, Choi, Sungkyun, Johnson, Roger D., Coldea, Radu, Watkins-Curry, Pilanda, McCandless, Gregory T., Chan, Julia Y., Gandara, Felipe, Islam, Z., Vishwanath, Ashvin, Shekhter, Arkady, McDonald, Ross D., and Analytis, James G. Fri .
"Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5203. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581219.
@article{osti_1581219,
title = {Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate},
author = {Modic, K. A. and Smidt, Tess E. and Kimchi, Itamar and Breznay, Nicholas P. and Biffin, Alun and Choi, Sungkyun and Johnson, Roger D. and Coldea, Radu and Watkins-Curry, Pilanda and McCandless, Gregory T. and Chan, Julia Y. and Gandara, Felipe and Islam, Z. and Vishwanath, Ashvin and Shekhter, Arkady and McDonald, Ross D. and Analytis, James G.},
abstractNote = {Spin and orbital quantum numbers play a key role in the physics of Mott insulators, but in most systems they are connected only indirectly—via the Pauli exclusion principle and the Coulomb interaction. Iridium-based oxides (iridates) introduce strong spin–orbit coupling directly, such that these numbers become entwined together and the Mott physics attains a strong orbital character. In the layered honeycomb iridates this is thought to generate highly spin–anisotropic magnetic interactions, coupling the spin to a given spatial direction of exchange and leading to strongly frustrated magnetism. Here we report a new iridate structure that has the same local connectivity as the layered honeycomb and exhibits striking evidence for highly spin–anisotropic exchange. The basic structural units of this material suggest that a new family of three-dimensional structures could exist, the ‘harmonic honeycomb’ iridates, of which the present compound is the first example.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms5203},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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