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轨道选择性自旋轨道莫特绝缘体在分数价铱酸盐La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$中

Orbital-Selective Spin-Orbit Mott Insulator in Fractional Valence Iridate La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$

Henan University(河南大学);Henan Academy of Sciences(河南省科学院);Westlake University(西湖大学);Shandong University(山东大学);Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院);Tianjin University(天津大学);Nanjing University(南京大学);Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学)

Kai Wang, Jun Yang, Chaoyang Kang, Weikang Wu, Wenka Zhu, Jianzhou Zhao, Yaomin Dai, Bing Xu

AI总结:

研究揭示La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$中轨道选择性莫特绝缘体的形成机制,通过自旋轨道耦合与库仑相互作用的协同作用,实现独特的绝缘态稳定。

摘要:

强自旋轨道耦合与库仑相互作用使5d铱酸盐成为实现新型关联电子态的独特平台。在这里,利用红外光谱,我们证明在1/3空穴自掺杂系统La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$中,稳定的莫特绝缘态持续存在,这表现在Drude响应的崩溃以及跨莫特间隙出现的锐利激发。我们的理论计算揭示,绝缘行为源于结构畸变、自旋轨道耦合和库仑相互作用的协同作用。具体来说,八面体畸变和Ir-Ir二聚化将t_{2g}轨道分裂,驱动J_{eff}=1/2带向半填充发展,同时保持J_{eff}=3/2带远离半填充。因此,电子关联在J_{eff}=1/2带中诱导轨道选择性莫特转变,而在J_{eff}=3/2带中形成带绝缘间隙,从而稳定了La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$中的非常规绝缘态。这些发现为理解和设计自旋轨道耦合铱酸盐的绝缘基态提供了新的见解。

英文摘要:

The combination of strong spin-orbit coupling and Coulomb interactions makes the $5d$ iridates a unique platform for realizing novel correlated electronic states. Here, utilizing infrared spectroscopy, we demonstrate that a robust Mott insulating state persists in the $1/3$-hole self-doped system La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$, evidenced by the collapse of the Drude response and the emergence of sharp excitations across the Mott gap. Our theoretical calculations reveal that the insulating behavior arises from the cooperative interplay of structural distortions, spin-orbit coupling, and Coulomb interactions. Specifically, octahedral distortion and Ir-Ir dimerization split the $t_{2g}$ orbitals, driving the $J_{\mathrm{eff}} = 1/2$ bands toward half-filling while keeping the $J_{\mathrm{eff}} = 3/2$ bands away from it. Consequently, electron correlations induce an orbital-selective Mott transition in the $J_{\mathrm{eff}} = 1/2$ bands, whereas a band-insulating gap develops in the $J_{\mathrm{eff}} = 3/2$ bands, thereby stabilizing the unconventional insulating state in La$_3$Ir$_3$O$_{11}$. These findings provide new insights into the design and understanding of the insulating ground state of spin-orbit-coupled iridates.

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