Wang, K;
Bachar, N;
Teyssier, J;
Luo, W;
Rischau, CW;
Scheerer, G;
de la Torre, A;
... van der Marel, D; + view all
(2018)
Mott transition and collective charge pinning in electron doped Sr2IrO4.
Physical Review B
, 98
(4)
, Article 045107. 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045107.
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Abstract
We studied the in-plane dynamic and static charge conductivity of electron doped Sr2IrO4 using optical spectroscopy and DC transport measurements. The optical conductivity indicates that the pristine material is an indirect semiconductor with a direct Mott gap of 0.55 eV. Upon substitution of 2% La per formula unit the Mott gap is suppressed except in a small fraction of the material (15%) where the gap survives, and overall the material remains insulating. Instead of a zero energy mode (or Drude peak) we observe a soft collective mode (SCM) with a broad maximum at 40 meV. Doping to 10% increases the strength of the SCM, and a zero-energy mode occurs together with metallic DC conductivity. Further increase of the La substitution doesn’t change the spectral weight integral up to 3 eV. It does however result in a transfer of the SCM spectral weight to the zero-energy mode, with a corresponding reduction of the DC resistivity for all temperatures from 4 to 300 K. The presence of a zero-energy mode signals that at least part of the Fermi surface remains ungapped at low temperatures, whereas the SCM appears to be caused by pinning a collective frozen state involving part of the doped electrons.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Mott transition and collective charge pinning in electron doped Sr2IrO4 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045107 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045107 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions |
Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Condensed Matter, Physics, TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, EXCITATIONS, PSEUDOGAP, PHONONS, METALS, LIQUID, PHASE, BAND |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053181 |
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