Neutron scattering investigation of rhenium orbital ordering in the 3d–5d double perovskite Ca2FeReO6

Yuan, Bo; Clancy, J. P.; Sears, Jennifer A.; Kolesnikov, Alexander I.; Stone, Matthew B.; Yamani, Z.; Won, Choongjae; Hur, Namjung; Jeon, B. C.; Noh, Tae Won; Paramekanti, Arun; Kim, Young -June

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214433

Title: Neutron scattering investigation of rhenium orbital ordering in the $3 d - 5 d$ double perovskite ${Ca}_{2} {FeReO}_{6}$

Journal Article · Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214433· OSTI ID:1509565

Yuan, Bo ^[1]; Clancy, J. P. ^[1]; Sears, Jennifer A. ^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; Yamani, Z. ^[3]; Won, Choongjae ^[4]; Hur, Namjung ^[4]; Jeon, B. C. ^[5]; Noh, Tae Won ^[5]; Paramekanti, Arun ^[1]; Kim, Young -June ^[1]

Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON (Canada)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Chalk River Labs., Chalk River, ON (Canada)
Inha Univ., Incheon (Korea)
Institute for Basic Science, Seoul (Republic of Korea); Seoul National Univ., Seoul (Republic of Korea)

Here, we have carried out inelastic neutron scattering experiments to study magnetic excitations in the ordered double perovskite Ca₂FeReO₆. We have found a well-defined magnon mode with a bandwidth of ~50 meV below the ferrimagnetic ordering temperature (T_c ~ 520 K), similar to the previously studied Ba₂FeReO₆. The spin excitation is gapless for most temperatures within the magnetically ordered phase. However, a spin gap of ~10 meV opens up below ~150 K, which is well below the magnetic ordering temperature but coincides with a previously reported metal-insulator transition and onset of structural distortion. The observed temperature dependence of the spin gap provides strong evidence for ordering of Re orbitals at ~150 K, in accordance with an earlier proposal put forward by K. Oikawa et al. based on neutron diffraction as well as recent theoretical work by Lee and Marianetti. The presence of separate orbital and magnetic ordering in Ca₂FeReO₆ suggests weak coupling between spin and orbital degrees of freedom and hints at a subdominant role played by spin-orbit coupling in describing its magnetism. In addition, we observed only one well-defined magnon band near the magnetic zone boundary, which is incompatible with simple ferrimagnetic spin waves arising from Fe and Re local moments but suggests a strong damping of the Re magnon mode.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

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OSTI ID:: 1509565

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Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 98, Issue 21; ISSN 2469-9950

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