Quasi-Two-Dimensional Anomalous Hall Mott Insulator of Topologically Engineered J_{eff}=1/2 Electrons

Autor: Junyi Yang, Hidemaro Suwa, Derek Meyers, Han Zhang, Lukas Horak, Zhaosheng Wang, Gilberto Fabbris, Yongseong Choi, Jenia Karapetrova, Jong-Woo Kim, Daniel Haskel, Philip J. Ryan, M. P. M. Dean, Lin Hao, Jian Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Physical Review X, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 031015 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2160-3308
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.031015
Popis: We investigate an experimental toy-model system of a pseudospin-half square-lattice Hubbard Hamiltonian in [(SrIrO_{3})_{1}/(CaTiO_{3})_{1}] to include both nontrivial complex hopping and moderate electron correlation. While the former induces electronic Berry phases as anticipated from the weak-coupling limit, the latter stabilizes an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator ground state analogous to the strong-coupling limit. Their combined results in the real system are found to be an anomalous Hall effect with a nonmonotonic temperature dependence due to the competition of the antiferromagnetic order and charge excitations in the Mott state, and an exceptionally large Ising anisotropy that is captured as a giant magnon gap beyond the superexchange approach. The unusual phenomena highlight the rich interplay of electronic topology and electron correlation in the intermediate-coupling regime that is largely unexplored and challenging in theoretical modeling.
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