Abstract
The low energy electronic structure of Sr2IrO4 has been well studied and understood in terms of an effective Jeff = 1/2 Mott insulator model. However, little work has been done in studying its high energy electronic behaviors. Here we report a new observation of the anomalous high energy electronic structure in Sr2IrO4. By taking high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements on Sr2IrO4 over a wide energy range, we have revealed for the first time that the high energy electronic structures show unusual nearly-vertical bands that extend over a large energy range. Such anomalous high energy behaviors resemble the high energy waterfall features observed in the cuprate superconductors. While strong electron correlation plays an important role in producing high energy waterfall features in the cuprate superconductors, the revelation of the high energy anomalies in Sr2IrO4, which exhibits strong spin-orbit coupling and a moderate electron correlation, points to an unknown and novel route in generating exotic electronic excitations.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-12-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13036
Funding Information
XJZ thanks financial support from the NSFC (91021006 and 11334010), the MOST of China (973 program No: 2011CB921703, 2011CBA00110, 2012CB821402, 2013CB921700 and 2013CB921904), and the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07020300).
Repository Citation
Liu, Yan; Yu, Li; Jia, Xiaowen; Zhao, Jianzhou; Weng, Hongming; Peng, Yingying; Chen, Chaoyu; Xie, Zhuojin; Mou, Daixiang; He, Junfeng; Liu, Xu; Feng, Ya; Yi, Hemian; Zhao, Lin; Liu, Guodong; He, Shaolong; Dong, Xiaoli; Zhang, Jun; Xu, Zuyan; Chen, Chuangtian; Cao, Gang; Dai, Xi; Fang, Zhong; and Zhou, X. J., "Anomalous High-Energy Waterfall-Like Electronic Structure in 5 d Transition Metal Oxide Sr2IrO4 with a Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling" (2015). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 343.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/343
Supplementary Information
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Figure 1: Measured constant energy contours of Sr<sub>2</sub>IrO<sub>4</sub> and its comparison with calculations.
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Figure 2: Typical band structures of Sr<sub>2</sub>IrO<sub>4</sub> along high-symmetry cuts in a large energy range.
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Figure 3: Momentum dependence of the band structures around Γ and X regions.
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Figure 4: Calculated and measured overall band structure of Sr<sub>2</sub>IrO<sub>4</sub>.
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Scientific Reports, v. 5, article 13036, p. 1-8.
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