Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

PDF

University of Kentucky

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

2016

Sr2IrO4

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Investigations Of Metastable Ca2Iro4 Epitaxial Thin-Films: Systematic Comparison With Sr2Iro4 And Ba2Iro4, Maryam Souri, John H. Gruenewald, Jsaminka Terzic, Joseph W. Brill, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo May 2016

Investigations Of Metastable Ca2Iro4 Epitaxial Thin-Films: Systematic Comparison With Sr2Iro4 And Ba2Iro4, Maryam Souri, John H. Gruenewald, Jsaminka Terzic, Joseph W. Brill, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We have synthesized thermodynamically metastable Ca2IrO4 thin-films on YAlO3 (110) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The epitaxial Ca2IrO4 thin-films are of K2NiF4-type tetragonal structure. Transport and optical spectroscopy measurements indicate that the electronic structure of the Ca2IrO4 thin-films is similar to that of Jeff = 1/2 spin-orbit-coupled Mott insulator Sr2IrO4 and Ba2IrO4, with the exception of an increased gap energy. The gap increase is to be expected in Ca2IrO4 due to its increased octahedral rotation …


Isotropic And Anisotropic Regimes Of The Field-Dependent Spin Dynamics In Sr2Iro4: Raman Scattering Studies, Y. Gim, A. Sethi, Q. Zhao, J. F. Mitchell, Gang Cao, S. L. Cooper Jan 2016

Isotropic And Anisotropic Regimes Of The Field-Dependent Spin Dynamics In Sr2Iro4: Raman Scattering Studies, Y. Gim, A. Sethi, Q. Zhao, J. F. Mitchell, Gang Cao, S. L. Cooper

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

A major focus of experimental interest in Sr2IrO4 has been to clarify how the magnetic excitations of this strongly spin-orbit coupled system differ from the predictions of an isotropic 2D spin-1/2 Heisenberg model and to explore the extent to which strong spin-orbit coupling affects the magnetic properties of iridates. Here, we present a high-resolution inelastic light (Raman) scattering study of the low-energy magnetic excitation spectrum of Sr2IrO4 and Eu-doped Sr2IrO4 as functions of both temperature and applied magnetic field. We show that the high-field (H > 1.5 T) in-plane spin dynamics …