2015
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.92.115142
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From Hund's insulator to Fermi liquid: Optical spectroscopy study of K doping inBaMn2As2

Abstract: We present optical transmission measurements that reveal a charge gap of 0.86 eV in the local moment antiferromagnetic insulator BaMn2As2 , an order of magnitude larger than previously reported. Density functional theory plus dynamical mean field theory (DFT+DMFT) calculations correctly reproduce this charge gap only when a strong Hund's coupling is considered. Thus, BaMn2As2 is a member of a wider class of Mn pnictide compounds that are Mott-Hund's insulators. We also present optical reflectance for metallic … Show more

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“…One may speculate that the origin of this difference lies precisely in the half-filled shell: Hund's coupling induces a high-spin configuration, which is maximally efficient in suppressing charge and spin fluctuations, restoring an unrenormalized band picture. This is consistent with findings within DFT + DMFT calculations that indicate that Hund's coupling (J H ) is responsible for the insulating nature of BaMn 2 As 2 [33], and that the (metallic) band structure calculated without Hund's coupling is significantly more renormalized than in the calculation that includes a finite J H .…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…One may speculate that the origin of this difference lies precisely in the half-filled shell: Hund's coupling induces a high-spin configuration, which is maximally efficient in suppressing charge and spin fluctuations, restoring an unrenormalized band picture. This is consistent with findings within DFT + DMFT calculations that indicate that Hund's coupling (J H ) is responsible for the insulating nature of BaMn 2 As 2 [33], and that the (metallic) band structure calculated without Hund's coupling is significantly more renormalized than in the calculation that includes a finite J H .…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…It is interesting to compare INS results described here to similar square lattice Mn-based compounds, such as LaMnAsO [30], LaMnPO [24], BaMn 2 Bi 2 [31] and AMnBi 2 (A=Sr,Ca) [32]. Both LaMnAsO and LaMnPO were studied using INS on polycrystalline samples.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In fact, there has been a revival of FL concepts in correlated systems beyond the cuprates [69,70]. For example, FL behavior has been found in the iron-pnictides [71,72], and for the Mn-pnictides the evolution from Hund's insulator to a FL was traced in an optical spectroscopy study [73]. Even the perfectly compensated semimetal WTe 2 , which features electron/hole pockets with a Fermi energy of 20-40 meV, exhibits a T 2 scattering rate up to high temperatures [74].…”
Section: Appendix a Fl Behavior In Correlated Systemsmentioning
confidence: 99%