From p-wave supercounductors to relativistic-Mott insulators via spin-orbit interaction in solids

Date

Mar 7, 2013

Time

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

Prof. Andrea Damascelli

Affiliation

University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Language

en

Main Topic

Materialien

Other Topics

Materialien, Physik

Host

Kerstin Höllerer

Description

Spin-orbit coupling is essential to the quantum-mechanical description of atomic energy levels. Yet its most spectacular consequences are found in the low-energy electronic structure of solids, where this atomic-like interaction plays a key role in the emergence of some of the most unconventional quantum phenomena. In this talk I will show how spin and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, in combination with in-situ doping techniques, can be used to unveil the role of spin-orbit interaction in the emergence of unconventional superconductivity in Sr2RuO4 [1,2] and relativistic Mott insulating behavior in Na2IrO3 [3]. [1] M.W. Haverkort et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 026406 (2008). [2] C.N. Veenstra et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. in press, arXiv:1205.4248 (2012). [3] R. Comin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 266406 (2012).

Links

• Seminars at the IFW

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