Large spin-wave energy gap in the bilayer iridate Sr 3Ir 2O 7: Evidence for enhanced dipolar interactions near the Mott metal-insulator transition

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Jungho ^a   Said, A H ^a   Casa, D ^a   Upton, M H ^a   Gog, T ^a   Daghofer, M ^b   Jackeli, G ^c   Van Den Brink, J ^b   Khaliullin, G ^c   Kim, B J ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Institute for Theoretical Solid Sate Physics   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; HEISENBERG MODELS; KITAEV MODEL; MAGNETIC INSULATOR; PSEUDODIPOLAR INTERACTIONS; RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING; SINGLE LAYER; SMALL CHARGES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

IRIDIUM; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84867302162     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.157402     Document Type: Article

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