# Strange metal dynamics in SrIrO3

Le Tacon, Matthieu

##### Abstract:
The interplay of electronic correlations, multi-orbital excitations, and strong spin-orbit coupling is a fertile ground for new states of matter in quantum materials. Here, we report on a confocal Raman scattering study of momentum-resolved charge dynamics from a thin film of semimetallic perovskite $\mathbf{SrIrO_3}$. We demonstrate that the charge dynamics, characterized by a broad continuum, is well described in terms of the marginal Fermi liquid phenomenology. In addition, over a wide temperature regime, the inverse scattering time is for all momenta close to the Planckian limit $\mathbf{\tau^{-1}_{\hbar}=k_{\rm B} T/\hbar}$. Thus, $\mathbf{SrIrO_3}$ is a semimetallic multi-band system that is as correlated as, for example, the cuprate superconductors.
The usual challenge to resolve the charge dynamics in multi-band systems with very different mobilities is circumvented by taking advantage of the momentum space selectivity of polarized electronic Raman scattering.
The Raman responses of both hole- and electron-pockets display an electronic continuum extending far beyond 1000\icm ($\sim$125 meV), much larger than allowed by the phase space for creating particle-hole pairs in a regular Fermi liquid. ... mehr

 Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Quantenmaterialien und -technologien (IQMT) Publikationstyp Forschungsdaten Publikationsdatum 04.06.2020 Erstellungsdatum 02.06.2020 - 02.06.2020 Identifikator DOI (KIT): 10.5445/IR/1000119920 KITopen-ID: 1000119920 Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Vorab online veröffentlicht am 02.06.2020 Liesmich Excel file containing all the data of the manuscript (Fig. 2 to 5) Art der Forschungsdaten Dataset
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