-RuCl3: a Spin-Orbit Assisted Mott Insulator on a Honeycomb Lattice
arXiv:1403.0883 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.041112
Abstract
We examine the role of spin-orbit coupling in the electronic structure of -RuCl3, in which Ru ions in 4d5 configuration form a honeycomb lattice. The measured optical spectra exhibit a clear optical gap and excitations within the t2g orbitals. The spectra can be described very well with first-principles electronic structure calculations obtained by taking into account both spin orbit coupling and electron correlations. Furthermore, our X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements at the Ru L-edges exhibit distinct spectral features associated with the presence of substantial spin- orbit coupling, as well as an anomalously large branching ratio. We propose that -RuCl3 is a spin-orbit assisted Mott insulator, and the bond-dependent Kitaev interaction may be relevant for this compound.
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