Evidence of an odd-parity hidden order in a spin-orbit coupled correlated iridate

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 32-36

  Zhao, L ^a,b   Torchinsky, D H ^a,b   Chu, H ^a,b   Ivanov, V ^a   Lifshitz, R ^a,c   Flint, R ^d   Qi, T ^e   Cao, G ^e   Hsieh, D ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOTT INSULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRON-ELECTRON CORRELATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; MOTT-INSULATING PHASE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINTS; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84954074676     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3517     Document Type: Article

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