Proposed ordering of textured spin singlets in a bulk infinite-layer nickelate
Hyo-Sun Jin, Warren E. Pickett, Kwan-Woo Lee
Abstract
The authors use first principles to obtain an intra-atomic singlet spin configuration on the Ni ion in an infinite layer structure nickelate. The paper shows that this singlet has internal orbital texture with nonzero and anisotropic net coupling to neighboring singlets.
Topics & Concepts
Condensed matter physicsAnisotropySinglet stateSpin (aerodynamics)Coupling (piping)Texture (cosmology)Materials sciencePhysicsLayer (electronics)Spin structureMagnetizationSpin–orbit interactionIonMagnetic anisotropySpin waveIron-based superconductors researchPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismSuperconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys