Spin-orbit coupling induced magnetic anisotropy and large spin wave gap in $\mathrm{NaOs}{\mathrm{O}}_3$

Abstract

The role of spin-orbit coupling and Hund's rule coupling on magnetic ordering, anisotropy, and excitations are investigated within a minimal three-orbital model for the $5d^3$ compound $\mathrm{NaOs}{\mathrm{O}}_3$. Asymmetry between the magnetic moments for the $xy$ and $xz,yz$ orbitals, arising from the hopping asymmetry generated by the $\mathrm{Os}{\mathrm{O}}_6$ octahedral tilting and rotation, together with the weak correlation effect, are shown to be crucial for the large SOC induced magnetic anisotropy and spin wave gap observed in this compound. Due to the intrinsic SOC-induced changes in the electronic densities under rotation of the staggered field, their coupling with the orbital energy offset is also found to contribute significantly to the magnetic anisotropy energy.

arXiv comment18 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1710.09597

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