Probing single magnon excitations in Sr₂IrO₄ using O K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Liu, X.; Dean, M. P. M.; Liu, J.; Chiuzbaian, S. G.; Jaouen, N.; Nicolaou, A.; Yin, W. G.; Rayan Serrao, C.; Ramesh, R.; Ding, H.; Hill, J. P.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/20/202202

Title: Probing single magnon excitations in Sr₂IrO₄ using O K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Journal Article · Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/27/20/202202· OSTI ID:1182514

Liu, X. ^[1]; Dean, M. P. M. ^[2]; Liu, J. ^[3]; Chiuzbaian, S. G. ^[4]; Jaouen, N. ^[5]; Nicolaou, A. ^[5]; Yin, W. G. ^[2]; Rayan Serrao, C. ^[6]; Ramesh, R. ^[3]; Ding, H. ^[7]; Hill, J. P. ^[2]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France); Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin (France)
Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin (France)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the L-edge of transition metal elements is now commonly used to probe single magnon excitations. Here we show that single magnon excitations can also be measured with RIXS at the K-edge of the surrounding ligand atoms when the center heavy metal elements have strong spin-orbit coupling. This is demonstrated with oxygen K-edge RIXS experiments on the perovskite Sr₂IrO₄, where low energy peaks from single magnon excitations were observed. This new application of RIXS has excellent potential to be applied to a wide range of magnetic systems based on heavy elements, for which the L-edge RIXS energy resolutions in the hard X-ray region is usually poor.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1182514

Report Number(s):: BNL-107500-2015-JA; R&D Project: PO011; KC0201060

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 27, Issue 20; ISSN 0953-8984

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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