Nature Communications (Feb 2022)
Antiferromagnetic excitonic insulator state in Sr3Ir2O7
- D. G. Mazzone,
- Y. Shen,
- H. Suwa,
- G. Fabbris,
- J. Yang,
- S.-S. Zhang,
- H. Miao,
- J. Sears,
- Ke Jia,
- Y. G. Shi,
- M. H. Upton,
- D. M. Casa,
- X. Liu,
- Jian Liu,
- C. D. Batista,
- M. P. M. Dean
Affiliations
- D. G. Mazzone
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Y. Shen
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- H. Suwa
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- G. Fabbris
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- J. Yang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
- S.-S. Zhang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
- H. Miao
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- J. Sears
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Ke Jia
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Y. G. Shi
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- M. H. Upton
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- D. M. Casa
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- X. Liu
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University
- Jian Liu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
- C. D. Batista
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
- M. P. M. Dean
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28207-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Antiferromagnetic excitonic insulators are a distinct form of excitonic insulator, in which electrons and holes are bound by magnetic exchange rather than Coulomb attraction. Here, Mazzone et al. show, using X-ray scattering, that Sr3Ir2O7 realizes this particular state.
