Incommensurate Counterrotating Magnetic Order Stabilized by Kitaev Interactions in the Layered Honeycomb $\alpha$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$

S. C. Williams, R. D. Johnson, F. Freund +8

The layered honeycomb magnet $\alpha$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$ has been theoretically proposed as a candidate to display novel magnetic behaviour associated with Kitaev interactions between spin-o…