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Kitaev超蜂窝$β$ $_2$ IrO $_3$中隐藏的自旋轨道序

Hidden spin-orbital order in the Kitaev hyperhoneycomb $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$

Alejandro Ruiz, Vikram Nagarajan, Mayia Vranas, Gilbert Lopez, Gregory T. McCandless, Itamar Kimchi, Julia Y. Chan, Nicholas P. Breznay, Alex Frano, Benjamin A.… 展开作者

Alejandro Ruiz, Vikram Nagarajan, Mayia Vranas, Gilbert Lopez, Gregory T. McCandless, Itamar Kimchi, Julia Y. Chan, Nicholas P. Breznay, Alex Frano, Benjamin A. Frandsen, James G. Analytis

摘要:

我们报道了在3D Kitaev候选材料$β$ -Li $_2$ IrO $_3$中存在高温相变。我们表明,过渡是散装的,内在的和订单一个微小的磁矩与空间各向异性饱和时刻。我们表明,即使这种转变是全球性的,它不冻结本地的Ir时刻,这在低得多的温度下进入一个不相称的状态。相反,有序矩有一个与自旋相关耦合的轨道原点,可能是Kitaev原点。自旋相关轨道矩和局部Ir矩的单独排序揭示了Kitaev系统中磁挫挫可以导致共存磁态的新方式。

英文摘要:

We report the existence of a phase transition at high temperature in the 3D Kitaev candidate material, $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$. We show that the transition is bulk, intrinsic and orders a tiny magnetic moment with a spatially anisotropic saturation moment. We show that even though this transition is global, it does not freeze the local Ir moments, which order at much lower temperatures into an incommensurate state. Rather, the ordered moment has an orbital origin that is coupled to spin correlations, likely of a Kitaev origin. The separate ordering of spin-correlated orbital moments and of local Ir moments reveals a novel way in which magnetic frustration in Kitaev systems can lead to coexisting magnetic states.

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