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arXiv 1303.6027cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
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自旋-轨道相互作用驱动的关联铱酸盐中金属态演化的成像

Imaging the evolution of metallic states in a spin-orbit interaction driven correlated iridate

Yoshinori Okada, Daniel Walkup, Hsin Lin, Chetan Dhital, Tay-Rong Chang, Sovit Khadka, Wenwen Zhou, Horng-Tay Jeng, Arun Bansil, Ziqiang Wang, Stephen Wilson, Vidya Madhavan

摘要:

Ruddlesden-Popper(RP)系列的虹彩酸盐(Srn+1 IrnO 3 n +1)最近受到了广泛关注,这是由于自旋-轨道(SO)驱动的能带分裂和库仑相互作用的协同作用所产生的涌现物理的预期[1-3]。然而,关于相关性在电荷间隙形成中的作用的持续争论以及缺乏对掺杂对低能电子结构的影响的理解阻碍了实现许多预测状态的实验进展[4-8],包括可能的高Tc超导性[7,9]。使用扫描隧道光谱,我们映射出的n=2 RP成员,Sr 3 Ir 2 O 7(Ir 327)的空间分辨态密度。我们发现,Ir 327的母体化合物,认为只存在作为一个弱相关的带绝缘体,实际上具有大量的~ 130 meV的电荷激发间隙驱动的结构,SO耦合和相关性之间的相互作用。在区分内的非均匀纹理电子结构的固有电子字符的一个关键组成部分是我们的识别的签名失踪的顶端氧缺陷,这在许多层状氧化物中发挥了关键作用。我们的测量结合从计算的见解揭示了顶端氧空位转移光谱重量从较高的能量的间隙能量,从而揭示了一个路径,以获得金属的电子状态从父母绝缘状态的虹膜。

英文摘要:

The Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) series of iridates (Srn+1IrnO3n+1) have been the subject of much recent attention due to the anticipation of emergent physics arising from the cooperative action of spin-orbit (SO) driven band splitting and Coulomb interactions[1-3]. However an ongoing debate over the role of correlations in the formation of the charge gap and a lack of understanding of the effects of doping on the low energy electronic structure have hindered experimental progress in realizing many of the predicted states[4-8] including possible high-Tc superconductivity[7,9]. Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we map out the spatially resolved density of states in the n=2 RP member, Sr3Ir2O7 (Ir327). We show that the Ir327 parent compound, argued to exist only as a weakly correlated band insulator in fact possesses a substantial ~130meV charge excitation gap driven by an interplay between structure, SO coupling and correlations. A critical component in distinguishing the intrinsic electronic character within the inhomogeneous textured electronic structure is our identification of the signature of missing apical oxygen defects, which play a critical role in many of the layered oxides. Our measurements combined with insights from calculations reveal how apical oxygen vacancies transfer spectral weight from higher energies to the gap energies thereby revealing a path toward obtaining metallic electronic states from the parent-insulating states in the iridates.

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