Microscopic study of spin-orbit-induced Mott insulator in Ir oxides

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2010-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/1009.3311v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 216410 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 3 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216410

Motivated by recent experiments of a novel 5$d$ Mott insulator in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$, we have studied the two-dimensional three-orbital Hubbard model with a spin-orbit coupling $\lambda$. The variational Monte Carlo method is used to obtain the ground state phase diagram with varying a on-site Coulomb interaction $U$ as well as $\lambda$. It is found that the transition from a paramagnetic metal to an antiferromagnetic (AF) insulator occurs at a finite $U=U_{\mathrm{MI}}$, which is greatly reduced by a large $\lambda$, characteristic of 5$d$ electrons, and leads to the "spin-orbit-induced" Mott insulator. It is also found that the Hund's coupling induces the anisotropic spin exchange and stabilizes the in-plane AF order. We have further studied the one-particle excitations using the variational cluster approximation, and revealed the internal electronic structure of this novel Mott insulator. These findings are in agreement with experimental observations on Sr$_2$IrO$_4$, and qualitatively different from those of extensively studied 3$d$ Mott insulators.

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