X-ray scattering study of pyrochlore iridates: Crystal structure, electronic, and magnetic excitations
Abstract
We have investigated the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the pyrochlore iridates Eu2Ir2O7 and Pr2Ir2O7 using a combination of resonant elastic x-ray scattering, x-ray powder diffraction, and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The structural parameters of Eu2Ir2O7 have been examined as a function of temperature and applied pressure, with a particular emphasis on regions of the phase diagram where electronic and magnetic phase transitions have been reported. We find no evidence of crystal symmetry change over the range of temperatures (~6 to 300 K) and pressures (~0.1 to 17 GPa) studied. We have also investigated the electronic and magnetic excitations in single-crystal samples of Eu2Ir2O7 and Pr2Ir2O7 using high-resolution Ir L-3-edge RIXS. In spite of very different ground state properties, we find that these materials exhibit qualitatively similar excitation spectra, with crystal field excitations at ~3-5 eV, spin-orbit excitations at ~ 0.5-1 eV, and broad low-lying excitations below ~0.15 eV. In single-crystal samples of "Eu-rich" Eu2Ir2O7 (found to possess an actual stoichiometry of Eu2.18Ir1.82O7.06) we observe highly damped magnetic excitations at ~45 meV, which display significant momentum dependence. Here, we compare these results with recent dynamical structure factor calculations
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- Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON (Canada)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Seoul National Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1339452
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Clancy, J. P., Gretarsson, H., Lee, E. K. H., Tian, Di, Kim, J., Upton, M. H., Casa, D., Gog, T., Islam, Z., Jeon, Byung -Gu, Kim, Kee Hoon, Desgreniers, S., Kim, Yong Baek, Julian, S. J., and Kim, Young -June. X-ray scattering study of pyrochlore iridates: Crystal structure, electronic, and magnetic excitations. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024408.
Clancy, J. P., Gretarsson, H., Lee, E. K. H., Tian, Di, Kim, J., Upton, M. H., Casa, D., Gog, T., Islam, Z., Jeon, Byung -Gu, Kim, Kee Hoon, Desgreniers, S., Kim, Yong Baek, Julian, S. J., & Kim, Young -June. X-ray scattering study of pyrochlore iridates: Crystal structure, electronic, and magnetic excitations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024408
Clancy, J. P., Gretarsson, H., Lee, E. K. H., Tian, Di, Kim, J., Upton, M. H., Casa, D., Gog, T., Islam, Z., Jeon, Byung -Gu, Kim, Kee Hoon, Desgreniers, S., Kim, Yong Baek, Julian, S. J., and Kim, Young -June. Wed .
"X-ray scattering study of pyrochlore iridates: Crystal structure, electronic, and magnetic excitations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024408. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339452.
@article{osti_1339452,
title = {X-ray scattering study of pyrochlore iridates: Crystal structure, electronic, and magnetic excitations},
author = {Clancy, J. P. and Gretarsson, H. and Lee, E. K. H. and Tian, Di and Kim, J. and Upton, M. H. and Casa, D. and Gog, T. and Islam, Z. and Jeon, Byung -Gu and Kim, Kee Hoon and Desgreniers, S. and Kim, Yong Baek and Julian, S. J. and Kim, Young -June},
abstractNote = {We have investigated the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the pyrochlore iridates Eu2Ir2O7 and Pr2Ir2O7 using a combination of resonant elastic x-ray scattering, x-ray powder diffraction, and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The structural parameters of Eu2Ir2O7 have been examined as a function of temperature and applied pressure, with a particular emphasis on regions of the phase diagram where electronic and magnetic phase transitions have been reported. We find no evidence of crystal symmetry change over the range of temperatures (~6 to 300 K) and pressures (~0.1 to 17 GPa) studied. We have also investigated the electronic and magnetic excitations in single-crystal samples of Eu2Ir2O7 and Pr2Ir2O7 using high-resolution Ir L-3-edge RIXS. In spite of very different ground state properties, we find that these materials exhibit qualitatively similar excitation spectra, with crystal field excitations at ~3-5 eV, spin-orbit excitations at ~ 0.5-1 eV, and broad low-lying excitations below ~0.15 eV. In single-crystal samples of "Eu-rich" Eu2Ir2O7 (found to possess an actual stoichiometry of Eu2.18Ir1.82O7.06) we observe highly damped magnetic excitations at ~45 meV, which display significant momentum dependence. Here, we compare these results with recent dynamical structure factor calculations},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024408},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 2,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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