Spin-correlated electronic state on the surface of a spin-orbit Mott system

  • Chang Liu
  • , Su Yang Xu
  • , Nasser Alidoust
  • , Tay Rong Chang
  • , Hsin Lin
  • , Chetan Dhital
  • , Sovit Khadka
  • , Madhab Neupane
  • , Ilya Belopolski
  • , Gabriel Landolt
  • , Horng Tay Jeng
  • , Robert S. Markiewicz
  • , J. Hugo Dil
  • , Arun Bansil
  • , Stephen D. Wilson
  • , M. Zahid Hasan

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Abstract

We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to show that the near-surface electronic structure of a bulk insulating iridate Sr3Ir2O7 lying near a metal-Mott insulator transition exhibits weak metallicity signified by finite electronic spectral weight at the Fermi level. The surface electrons exhibit a spin structure resulting from an interplay of spin-orbit, Coulomb interaction and surface quantum magnetism. Our results shed light on understanding the exotic quantum entanglement and transport phenomena in iridate-based oxide devices.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number045127
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume90
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 22 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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