Magnetism and local symmetry breaking in a Mott insulator with strong spin orbit interactions

L. Lu; M. Song; W. Liu; A. P. Reyes; P. Kuhns; H. O. Lee; I. R. Fisher; V. F. Mitrović

doi:10.1038/ncomms14407

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Magnetism and local symmetry breaking in a Mott insulator with strong spin orbit interactions

L. Lu,
M. Song,
W. Liu,
A. P. Reyes,
P. Kuhns,
H. O. Lee,
I. R. Fisher,
V. F. Mitrović

Affiliations

L. Lu: Department of Physics, Brown University
M. Song: Department of Physics, Brown University
W. Liu: Department of Physics, Brown University
A. P. Reyes: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
P. Kuhns: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
H. O. Lee: Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University
I. R. Fisher: Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University
V. F. Mitrović: Department of Physics, Brown University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14407
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Local probing into the microscopic degrees of freedom is highly desired to understand emergent exotic quantum phases. Here, the authors report a canted ferromagnetic phase preceded by local point symmetry breaking at low temperature in Ba2NaOsO6, acquired by probing into the spin, orbital and lattice degrees of freedom.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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