Correlated Magnetic Weyl Semimetal State in Strained Pr 2 Ir 2 O 7

Correlated topological phases (CTPs) with interplay between topology and electronic correlations have attracted tremendous interest in condensed matter physics. Therein, correlated Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are rare in nature and, thus, have so far been less investigated experimentally. In particular,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2021-06, Vol.33 (25), p.e2008528
Hauptverfasser: Li, Yangyang, Oh, Taekoo, Son, Jaeseok, Song, Jeongkeun, Kim, Mi Kyung, Song, Dongjun, Kim, Sukhyun, Chang, Seo Hyoung, Kim, Changyoung, Yang, Bohm-Jung, Noh, Tae Won
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Zusammenfassung:Correlated topological phases (CTPs) with interplay between topology and electronic correlations have attracted tremendous interest in condensed matter physics. Therein, correlated Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are rare in nature and, thus, have so far been less investigated experimentally. In particular, the experimental realization of the interacting WSM state with logarithmic Fermi velocity renormalization has not been achieved yet. Here, experimental evidence of a correlated magnetic WSM state with logarithmic renormalization in strained pyrochlore iridate Pr Ir O (PIO) which is a paramagnetic Luttinger semimetal in bulk, is reported. Benefitting from epitaxial strain, "bulk-absent" all-in-all-out antiferromagnetic ordering can be stabilized in PIO film, which breaks time-reversal symmetry and leads to a magnetic WSM state. With further analysis of the experimental data and renormalization group calculations, an interacting Weyl liquid state with logarithmically renormalized Fermi velocity, similar to that in graphene, is found, dressed by long-range Coulomb interactions. This work highlights the interplay of strain, magnetism, and topology with electronic correlations, and paves the way for strain-engineering of CTPs in pyrochlore iridates.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202008528