Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Spin-orbit-driven magnetic structure and excitation in the 5d pyrochlore Cd2Os2O7

  • S. Calder,
  • J. G. Vale,
  • N. A. Bogdanov,
  • X. Liu,
  • C. Donnerer,
  • M. H. Upton,
  • D. Casa,
  • A. H. Said,
  • M. D. Lumsden,
  • Z. Zhao,
  • J. -Q. Yan,
  • D. Mandrus,
  • S. Nishimoto,
  • J. van den Brink,
  • J. P. Hill,
  • D. F. McMorrow,
  • A. D. Christianson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11651
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Strong electronic correlations in 5d materials such as osmates may combine with spin-orbit coupling to yield novel order. Here, the authors demonstrate how spin-orbit coupling in pyrochlore Cd2Os2O7generates magnetic order and excitations associated with a magnetic metal-insulator transition.