J. P. Hill

Interplay between Charge, Orbital, and Magnetic Order in Pr{sub 1-x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3}

We report resonant x-ray scattering studies of charge and orbital order in Pr{sub 1-x}Ca {sub x}MnO{sub 3} with x=0.4 and 0.5. Below the ordering temperature, T{sub O}=245 K , the charge and orbital order intensities follow the same temperature dependence, including an increase at the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature, T{sub N} . High resolution measurements reveal, however, that long range orbital order is never achieved. Rather, an orbital domain state is formed. Above T{sub O} , the charge order fluctuations are more highly correlated than the orbital fluctuations. We conclude that the charge order drives the orbital order at the transition. (c) 1999 The American Physical Society.

Spin dynamics and orbital state in LaTiO3

A neutron scattering study of the Mott-Hubbard insulator LaTiO3 ( T(N) = 132 K) reveals a spin wave spectrum that is well described by a nearest-neighbor superexchange constant J = 15.5 meV and a small Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction ( D = 1.1 meV). The nearly isotropic spin wave spectrum is surprising in view of the absence of a static Jahn-Teller distortion that could quench the orbital angular momentum, and it may indicate strong orbital fluctuations. A resonant x-ray scattering study has uncovered no evidence of orbital order in LaTiO3.

Persistence of magnetic excitations in La2−xSrxCuO4 from the undoped insulator to the heavily overdoped non-superconducting metal

One of the most intensely studied scenarios of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) postulates pairing by exchange of magnetic excitations. Indeed, such excitations have been observed up to optimal doping in the cuprates. In the heavily overdoped regime, neutron scattering measurements indicate that magnetic excitations have effectively disappeared, and this has been argued to cause the demise of HTS with overdoping. Here we use resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, which is sensitive to complementary parts of reciprocal space, to measure the evolution of the magnetic excitations in La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO4 across the entire phase diagram, from a strongly correlated insulator (x = 0) to a non-superconducting metal (x = 0.40). For x = 0, well-defined magnon excitations are observed. These magnons broaden with doping, but they persist with a similar dispersion and comparable intensity all the way to the non-superconducting, heavily overdoped metallic phase. The destruction of HTS with overdoping is therefore caused neither by the general disappearance nor by the overall softening of magnetic excitations. Other factors, such as the redistribution of spectral weight, must be considered.

Driving magnetic order in a manganite by ultrafast lattice excitation

Femtosecond midinfrared pulses are used to directly excite the lattice of the single-layer manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4. Magnetic and orbital orders, as measured by femtosecond resonant soft x-ray diffraction with an x-ray free-electron laser, are reduced within a few picoseconds. This effect is interpreted as a displacive exchange quench, a prompt shift in the equilibrium value of the magnetic- and orbital-order parameters after the lattice has been distorted. Control of magnetism through ultrafast lattice excitation may be of use for high-speed optomagnetism.

Crystal-field splitting and correlation effect on the electronic structure of A2IrO3.

The electronic structure of the honeycomb lattice iridates Na(2)IrO(3) and Li(2)IrO(3) has been investigated using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Crystal-field-split d-d excitations are resolved in the high-resolution RIXS spectra. In particular, the splitting due to noncubic crystal fields, derived from the splitting of j(eff)=3/2 states, is much smaller than the typical spin-orbit energy scale in iridates, validating the applicability of j(eff) physics in A(2)IrO(3). We also find excitonic enhancement of the particle-hole excitation gap around 0.4 eV, indicating that the nearest-neighbor Coulomb interaction could be large. These findings suggest that both Na(2)IrO(3) and Li(2)IrO(3) can be described as spin-orbit Mott insulators, similar to the square lattice iridate Sr(2)IrO(4).

Long-range magnetic ordering in Na2IrO3

We report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the magnetic structure of the honeycomb-lattice magnet Na

Soft x-ray resonant diffraction study of magnetic and orbital correlations in a manganite near half doping

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Spatially resolved ultrafast magnetic dynamics initiated at a complex oxide heterointerface

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Absence of Ni on the outer surface of Sr doped La2NiO4 single crystals

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Independent freezing of charge and spin dynamics in La1.5Sr0.5CoO4

, a candidate for a realization of a gapless spin liquid. Using resonant x-ray magnetic scattering at the Ir