Shitade Atsuo, Katsura Hosho, Kunes Jan, Qi Xiao-Liang, Zhang Shou-Cheng, Nagaosa Naoto
Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jun 26;102(25):256403. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.256403. Epub 2009 Jun 24.
We study theoretically the electronic states in a 5d transition metal oxide Na2IrO3, in which both the spin-orbit interaction and the electron correlation play crucial roles. A tight-binding model analysis together with the first-principles band structure calculation predicts that this material is a layered quantum spin Hall system. Because of the electron correlation, an antiferromagnetic order first develops at the edge, and later inside the bulk at low temperatures.
我们从理论上研究了5d过渡金属氧化物Na2IrO3中的电子态,其中自旋轨道相互作用和电子关联都起着至关重要的作用。结合第一性原理能带结构计算的紧束缚模型分析预测,这种材料是一种层状量子自旋霍尔系统。由于电子关联,反铁磁序首先在边缘出现,随后在低温下在体相中出现。