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arXiv 2101.06017cond-mat.str-el
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超蜂窝状铱酸盐$β$ $_2$ IrO $_3$的共振非弹性X射线散射谱:第一性原理计算

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra in the hyperhoneycomb iridate $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$: First principles calculations

V. N. Antonov, D. A. Kukusta, L. Uba, A. Bonda, S. Uba

摘要:

在密度泛函理论中,考虑强库仑关联,采用完全相对论自旋极化Dirac线性Muffin-tin轨道能带结构方法,采用广义梯度近似,研究了$β$-Li $_2$ IrO $_3$绝缘体的电子结构. $β$ -Li $_2$ IrO $_3$在$P_c$ $\sim$ 4 GPa下经历了一个压力诱导的结构和磁性相变,对称性降低到单斜$C2/c$。结构相变伴随着Ir-$_2$二聚体的形成,Ir-Ir距离为$\sim$ 2.66~ 120 μ m,甚至比金属Ir的距离还短.这种强的二聚化稳定了成键分子轨道态,导致磁性崩塌,打开了能隙,伴随着从Mott绝缘体到能带绝缘体的电子相变.从第一性原理出发,研究了Ir $L_3$边缘的共振非弹性X射线散射谱(RIXS)。计算结果与实验数据吻合较好。我们发现,与$P_c$的结构$Fddd \rightarrow C2/c$相变有关的0.7 eV处的RIXS谱峰的剧烈重构可能与高压$C2/c$相中库仑关联的消失有关

英文摘要:

We studied the electronic structure of $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$ insulator within the density-functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation with taking into account strong Coulomb correlations in the framework of the fully relativistic spin-polarized Dirac linear muffin-tin orbital band-structure method. The $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$ undergoes a pressure-induced structural and magnetic phase transitions at $P_c$ $\sim$4 GPa with symmetry lowering to the monoclinic $C2/c$. The structural phase transition is accompanied by the formation of Ir$_2$ dimers on the zigzag chains, with an Ir-Ir distance of $\sim$2.66~Å, even shorter than that of metallic Ir. The strong dimerization stabilizes the bonding molecular-orbital state, leads to the collapse of the magnetism and opens the energy gap with a concomitant electronic phase transition from a Mott insulator to band insulator. The resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra (RIXS) at the Ir $L_3$ edge were investigated theoretically from first principles. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data. We show that the the drastic reconstruction of the RIXS spectral peak at 0.7 eV associated with the structural $Fddd \rightarrow C2/c$ phase transition at $P_c$ can be related to disappearing of the Coulomb correlations in the high-pressure $C2/c$ phase

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