Noncoplanar and counterrotating incommensurate magnetic order stabilized by Kitaev interactions in γ-Li(2)IrO(3).

Materials that realize Kitaev spin models with bond-dependent anisotropic interactions have long been searched for, as the resulting frustration effects are predicted to stabilize novel forms of magnetic order or quantum spin liquids. Here, we explore the magnetism of γ-Li(2)IrO(3), which has the to...

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Main Authors: Biffin, A, Johnson, R, Kimchi, I, Morris, R, Bombardi, A, Analytis, J, Vishwanath, A, Coldea, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014