Using RIXS to Uncover Elementary Charge and Spin Excitations

Jia, Chunjing; Wohlfeld, Krzysztof; Wang, Yao; Moritz, Brian; Devereaux, Thomas P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021020

Title: Using RIXS to Uncover Elementary Charge and Spin Excitations

Journal Article · Fri May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021020· OSTI ID:1253196

Jia, Chunjing; Wohlfeld, Krzysztof; Wang, Yao; Moritz, Brian; Devereaux, Thomas P.

Despite significant progress in resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) experiments on cuprates at the Cu L-edge, a theoretical understanding of the cross section remains incomplete in terms of elementary excitations and the connection to both charge and spin structure factors. Here, we use state-of-the-art, unbiased numerical calculations to study the low-energy excitations probed by RIXS in the Hubbard model, relevant to the cuprates. The results highlight the importance of scattering geometry, in particular, both the incident and scattered x-ray photon polarization, and they demonstrate that on a qualitative level the RIXS spectral shape in the cross-polarized channel approximates that of the spin dynamical structure factor. Furthermore, in the parallel-polarized channel, the complexity of the RIXS process beyond a simple two-particle response complicates the analysis and demonstrates that approximations and expansions that attempt to relate RIXS to less complex correlation functions cannot reproduce the full diversity of RIXS spectral features.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; 2012/04/A/ST3/00331

OSTI ID:: 1253196

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1248540

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16509; PRXHAE; 021020

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2160-3308

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