Photoinduced structural recovery dynamics of rare-earth nickelate thin films

Mehta, Jugal; Smith, Scott; Li, Jianheng; Ainslie, Kenneth; Albayati, Nadia; Joshi, Toyanath; Rao, Pooja; Cheng, Yu-Hsing; Jeppson, Spencer; Jangid, Rahul; Karapetrova, Evguenia; Walko, Donald A.; Wen, Haidan; Lederman, David; Kukreja, Roopali

doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.7.096201

Photoinduced structural recovery dynamics of rare-earth nickelate thin films

Journal Article · Thu Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Physical Review Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.7.096201· OSTI ID:2404982

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Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Photoinduced structural dynamics of rare-earth nickelate thin films, NdNiO₃ and SmNiO₃, grown on (001) oriented SrTiO₃ were studied using time-resolved x-ray diffraction. The evolution of the (002) Bragg peak was tracked following laser excitation. The recovery pathways were found to be strongly dependent on laser fluence for NdNiO₃ and distinct for the two rare-earth nickelates. The recovery of the (002) peak shifts was modeled using a one-dimensional thermal diffusion model which showed that the recovery processes are non-thermal at high fluences. For NdNiO₃, the timescales for the recovery of the (002) peak shift were found to be closely related to Ni magnetism recovery, potentially indicating magneto-structural coupling. Moreover, the evolution of integrated intensity and full-width-half-maximum points towards the presence of a structural phase separation during recovery. In conclusion, our studies highlight structural recovery pathways in nickelates by comparing the distinct responses of the photoinduced metal-insulator transition in NdNiO₃ and SmNiO₃.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2404982

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 7; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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