Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Time-reversal symmetry breaking hidden order in Sr2(Ir,Rh)O4

  • Jaehong Jeong,
  • Yvan Sidis,
  • Alex Louat,
  • Véronique Brouet,
  • Philippe Bourges

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15119
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Exploring ordered states in similarly structured oxides aids the understanding of structure-property correlations. Here the authors discover an unconventional magnetic order in Sr2(Ir,Rh)O4, which is analogous to a loop-current phase in cuprate superconductors with the same lattice structure.