Spin-Orbit Integrated Ground State and Magnetic Anisotropy in Sr$_2$IrO$_4$

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2008-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/0808.3491v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

We present a microscopic model for the anisotropic exchange interactions in Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$. A direct construction of Wannier functions from first-principles calculations proves the $j_{\mathrm{eff}}$=1/2 character of the spin-orbit integrated states at the Fermi level. An effective $j_{\mathrm{eff}}$-spin Hamiltonian explains the observed weak ferromagnetism and anisotropy of antiferromagnetically ordered magnetic state, which arise naturally from the $j_{\mathrm{eff}}$=1/2 state with a rotation of IrO$_{6}$ octahedra. It is suggested that Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ is a unique class of materials with effective exchange interactions in the spin-orbital Hilbert space.

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