Spin-orbit physics giving rise to novel phases in correlated systems: Iridates and related materials

JG Rau, EKH Lee, HY Kee - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Recently, the effects of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in correlated materials have become one
of the most actively studied subjects in condensed matter physics, as correlations and SOC …

Spin–Orbit-Entangled Electronic Phases in 4d and 5d Transition-Metal Compounds

T Takayama, J Chaloupka, A Smerald… - Journal of the Physical …, 2021 - journals.jps.jp
Complex oxides with 4 d and 5 d transition-metal ions recently emerged as a new paradigm
in correlated electron physics, due to the interplay between spin–orbit coupling and electron …

Correlated quantum phenomena in the strong spin-orbit regime

W Witczak-Krempa, G Chen, YB Kim… - Annu. Rev. Condens …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
We discuss phenomena arising from the combined influence of electron correlation and spin-
orbit coupling (SOC), with an emphasis on emergent quantum phases and transitions in …

The challenge of spin–orbit-tuned ground states in iridates: a key issues review

G Cao, P Schlottmann - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Effects of spin–orbit interactions in condensed matter are an important and rapidly
evolving topic. Strong competition between spin–orbit, on-site Coulomb and crystalline …

Engineering a spin-orbital magnetic insulator by tailoring superlattices

J Matsuno, K Ihara, S Yamamura, H Wadati, K Ishii… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
In 5 d Ir oxides with an interplay of spin-orbit coupling and electron correlations, we have
tailored a spin-orbital magnetic insulator out of a semimetal SrIrO 3 by tuning the structure …

Collapse of the Mott Gap and Emergence of a Nodal Liquid in Lightly Doped

A De La Torre, S Mckeown Walker, FY Bruno, S Riccó… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We report angle resolved photoemission experiments on the electron doped Heisenberg
antiferromagnet (Sr 1− x La x) 2 IrO 4. For a doping level of x= 0.05, we find an unusual …

Tuning Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy by Oxygen Octahedral Rotations in Superlattices

D Yi, CL Flint, PP Balakrishnan, K Mahalingam… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) plays a critical role in the development of
spintronics, thereby demanding new strategies to control PMA. Here we demonstrate a …

Square lattice iridates

J Bertinshaw, YK Kim, G Khaliullin… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Over the past few years, Sr2IrO4, a single-layer member of the Ruddlesden–Popper series
iridates, has received much attention as a close analog of cuprate high-temperature …

Atomic-scale control of magnetic anisotropy via novel spin–orbit coupling effect in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/SrIrO3 superlattices

D Yi, J Liu, SL Hsu, L Zhang, Y Choi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Magnetic anisotropy (MA) is one of the most important material properties for modern
spintronic devices. Conventional manipulation of the intrinsic MA, ie, magnetocrystalline …

Large Spin-Wave Energy Gap in the Bilayer Iridate : Evidence for Enhanced Dipolar Interactions Near the Mott Metal-Insulator Transition

J Kim, AH Said, D Casa, MH Upton, T Gog… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, we observe in the bilayer iridate Sr 3 Ir 2 O 7, a
spin-orbit coupling driven magnetic insulator with a small charge gap, a magnon gap of≈ 92 …