PIRSA:19050020

Kitaev spin liquids in spin-orbit coupled correlated materials

Kee, H. (2019). Kitaev spin liquids in spin-orbit coupled correlated materials. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19050020

Kee, Hae-Young. Kitaev spin liquids in spin-orbit coupled correlated materials. Perimeter Institute, May. 14, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19050020 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19050020,
            doi = {10.48660/19050020},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19050020},
            author = {Kee, Hae-Young},
            keywords = {Condensed Matter},
            language = {en},
            title = {Kitaev spin liquids in spin-orbit coupled correlated materials},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:19050020 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Hae-Young Kee

University of Toronto

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Abstract

Recently, a new family of correlated honeycomb materials with strong spin-orbit coupling have been promising candidates to realize the Kitaev spin liquid. In particular, a half-integer quantized thermal Hall conductivity was reported in alpha-RuCl3 under the magnetic field. Using a generic nearest neighbour spin model with bond-dependent interactions, I will present numerical evidence of an extended regime of quantum spin liquids. I will also discuss how to achieve a chiral spin liquid near ferromagnetic Kitaev interaction in the presence of the magnetic field leading to the quantized thermal Hall conductivity.