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Sr $_2$ IrO $_4$中自旋轨道控制的金属-绝缘体相变

Spin-orbit-controlled metal-insulator transition in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$

Berend Zwartsenberg, Ryan P. Day, Elia Razzoli, Matteo Michiardi, Nan Xu, Ming Shi, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Guixin Cao, Stuart Calder, Kentaro Ueda, Joel Bertins… 展开作者

Berend Zwartsenberg, Ryan P. Day, Elia Razzoli, Matteo Michiardi, Nan Xu, Ming Shi, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Guixin Cao, Stuart Calder, Kentaro Ueda, Joel Bertinshaw, Hidenori Takagi, Bumjoon Kim, Ilya S. Elfimov, Andrea Damascelli

摘要:

在相关绝缘体的上下文中,其中电子-电子相互作用(U)驱动载流子的局部化,金属-绝缘体转变(MIT)被描述为带宽(BC)或填充(FC)受控。受到Sr $_2$ IrO $_4$中绝缘相的挑战的启发,已经提出了一类新的相关绝缘体,其中自旋轨道耦合(SOC)被认为使半填充$j_{\mathrm{eff}} = 1/2$双重态的带宽重新归一化,允许适度的U诱导电荷局域化相。虽然这一框架已被默认,一个彻底的表征基态一直难以捉摸。此外,SOC在稳定绝缘状态中的作用的直接证据尚未建立,因为先前试图揭示SOC的作用的尝试受到了同时发生的填充变化的阻碍。我们克服了这一挑战,采用多个取代基,引入定义明确的变化的签名SOC和载流子浓度的电子结构,以及一种新的方法,使我们能够直接监测SOC。具体来说,我们研究了Sr $_2$ Ir $_{1-x}$ T $_x$ O $_4$(T = Ru,Rh)的角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES),结合从头算和超原胞紧束缚计算。这使我们能够区分相对论效应和填充效应,从而最终确定SOC在稳定Sr $_2$ IrO $_4$绝缘状态中的核心作用。最重要的是,我们估计在这个系统中的自旋轨道耦合的临界值为$λ_c = 0.42 \pm 0.01$ eV,并提供了第一个演示的自旋轨道控制的MIT。

英文摘要:

In the context of correlated insulators, where electron-electron interactions (U) drive the localization of charge carriers, the metal-insulator transition (MIT) is described as either bandwidth (BC) or filling (FC) controlled. Motivated by the challenge of the insulating phase in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$, a new class of correlated insulators has been proposed, in which spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is believed to renormalize the bandwidth of the half-filled $j_{\mathrm{eff}} = 1/2$ doublet, allowing a modest U to induce a charge-localized phase. Although this framework has been tacitly assumed, a thorough characterization of the ground state has been elusive. Furthermore, direct evidence for the role of SOC in stabilizing the insulating state has not been established, since previous attempts at revealing the role of SOC have been hindered by concurrently occurring changes to the filling. We overcome this challenge by employing multiple substituents that introduce well defined changes to the signatures of SOC and carrier concentration in the electronic structure, as well as a new methodology that allows us to monitor SOC directly. Specifically, we study Sr$_2$Ir$_{1-x}$T$_x$O$_4$ (T = Ru, Rh) by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), combined with ab-initio and supercell tight-binding calculations. This allows us to distinguish relativistic and filling effects, thereby establishing conclusively the central role of SOC in stabilizing the insulating state of Sr$_2$IrO$_4$. Most importantly, we estimate the critical value for spin-orbit coupling in this system to be $λ_c = 0.42 \pm 0.01$ eV, and provide the first demonstration of a spin-orbit-controlled MIT.

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