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Electronic And Optical Properties Of La-Doped Sr3Ir2O7 Epitaxial Thin Films, Maryam Souri, Jsaminka Terzic, J. M. Johnson, John G. Connell, John H. Gruenewald, J. Thompson, Joseph W. Brill, J. Hwang, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
Electronic And Optical Properties Of La-Doped Sr3Ir2O7 Epitaxial Thin Films, Maryam Souri, Jsaminka Terzic, J. M. Johnson, John G. Connell, John H. Gruenewald, J. Thompson, Joseph W. Brill, J. Hwang, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
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We have investigated structural, transport, and optical properties of tensile strained (Sr1−xLax)3Ir2O7 (x = 0, 0.025, 0.05) epitaxial thin films. While high-Tc superconductivity is predicted theoretically in the system, we have observed that all of the samples remain insulating with finite optical gap energies and Mott variable-range hopping characteristics in transport. Cross-sectional scanning transmission electron microscopy indicates that structural defects such as stacking faults appear in this system. The insulating behavior of the La-doped Sr3Ir2O7 thin films is presumably due to disorder-induced …
Optical Signatures Of Spin-Orbit Exciton In Bandwidth-Controlled Sr2Iro4 Epitaxial Films Via High-Concentration Ca And Ba Doping, Maryam Souri, B. H. Kim, John H. Gruenewald, John G. Connell, J. Thompson, J. Nichols, Jsaminka Terzic, B. I. Min, Gang Cao, Joseph W. Brill, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
Optical Signatures Of Spin-Orbit Exciton In Bandwidth-Controlled Sr2Iro4 Epitaxial Films Via High-Concentration Ca And Ba Doping, Maryam Souri, B. H. Kim, John H. Gruenewald, John G. Connell, J. Thompson, J. Nichols, Jsaminka Terzic, B. I. Min, Gang Cao, Joseph W. Brill, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
We have investigated the electronic and optical properties of (Sr1−xCax)2IrO4 (x = 0–0.375) and (Sr1−yBay)2IrO4 (y = 0–0.375) epitaxial thin films, in which the bandwidth is systematically tuned via chemical substitutions of Sr ions by Ca and Ba. Transport measurements indicate that the thin-film series exhibits insulating behavior, similar to the Jeff = 1/2 spin-orbit Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. As the average A-site ionic radius increases from (Sr1−xCax)2IrO4 to (Sr …
Hallmarks Of The Mott-Metal Crossover In The Hole-Doped Pseudospin-1/2 Mott Insulator Sr2Iro4, Yue Cao, Qiang Wang, Justin A. Waugh, Theodore J. Reber, Haoxiang Li, Xiaoqing Zhou, Stephen Parham, S. -R. Park, Nicholas C. Plumb, Eli Rotenberg, Aaron Bostwick, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Tongfei Qi, Michael A. Hermele, Gang Cao, Daniel S. Dessau
Hallmarks Of The Mott-Metal Crossover In The Hole-Doped Pseudospin-1/2 Mott Insulator Sr2Iro4, Yue Cao, Qiang Wang, Justin A. Waugh, Theodore J. Reber, Haoxiang Li, Xiaoqing Zhou, Stephen Parham, S. -R. Park, Nicholas C. Plumb, Eli Rotenberg, Aaron Bostwick, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Tongfei Qi, Michael A. Hermele, Gang Cao, Daniel S. Dessau
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
The physics of doped Mott insulators remains controversial after decades of active research, hindered by the interplay among competing orders and fluctuations. It is thus highly desired to distinguish the intrinsic characters of the Mott-metal crossover from those of other origins. Here we investigate the evolution of electronic structure and dynamics of the hole-doped pseudospin-1/2 Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. The effective hole doping is achieved by replacing Ir with Rh atoms, with the chemical potential immediately jumping to or near the top of the lower Hubbard band. The doped iridates exhibit multiple iconic low-energy features previously observed …
Tuning Electronic Structure Via Exipatial Strain In Sr2Iro4 Thin Films, J. Nichols, Jsaminka Terzic, Emily Geraldine Bittle, Oleksandr B. Korneta, Lance E. De Long, Joseph Brill, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
Tuning Electronic Structure Via Exipatial Strain In Sr2Iro4 Thin Films, J. Nichols, Jsaminka Terzic, Emily Geraldine Bittle, Oleksandr B. Korneta, Lance E. De Long, Joseph Brill, Gang Cao, Sung S. Ambrose Seo
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
We have synthesized epitaxial Sr2IrO4 thin-films on various substrates and studied their electronic structure as a function of lattice-strain. Under tensile (compressive) strain, increased (decreased) Ir-O-Ir bond-angle is expected to result in increased (decreased) electronic bandwidth. However, we have observed that the two optical absorption peaks near 0.5 eV and 1.0 eV are shifted to higher (lower) energies under tensile (compressive) strain, indicating that the electronic-correlation energy is also affected by in-plane lattice-strain. The effective tuning of electronic structure under lattice-modification provides an important insight into the physics driven by the coexisting strong spin-orbit coupling and electronic …