Photoinduced evolution of lattice orthorhombicity and conceivably enhanced ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 membranes
Abstract
Ultrashort laser pulses have been utilized to dynamically drive phase transitions in correlated quantum materials. Of particular interest is whether phases not achievable in thermal equilibrium can be induced in complex oxides with intricately coupled lattice, electron and spin degrees of freedom. Here, we tracked atomic motions in LaMnO3 following photoexcitation with MeV ultrafast electron diffraction (MeV-UED) technique. We found that the light excited state exhibits numerous signatures different from thermal equilibrium ones, including nearly conserved Bragg intensities, strongly suppressed La cation and oxygen anion displacements, and the long-range lattice orthorhombicity evolution. Furthermore, using first-principles calculations, we predict that the ferromagnetic ordering and conductivity are both enhanced upon laser excitation due to the reduction of the lattice orthorhombicity. This work benefits from recent advance in fabrication of membrane films with high epitaxial quality and in MeV-UED with large momentum space access and high temporal resolution.
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); ShanghaiTech University (China)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- California State University, Northridge (CSUN), CA (United States)
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
- ShanghaiTech University (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Key Research and Development Program of China; Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality; National Science Foundation of China
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1889124
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-223454-2022-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2397-4648; TRN: US2309933
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; 2021YFA1400202; 21JC1405000; 16DZ2260200; 52072244; 11925505; 11504232; 11721091
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- npj Quantum Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2397-4648
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; materials for optics; optical techniques
Citation Formats
Lu, Qinwen, Cheng, Yun, Wu, Lijun, Guo, Hongli, Qi, Fengfeng, Zhang, Haijuan, Yu, Junxiao, Liu, Qixin, Wang, Qing, Liang, Genhao, Chen, Jie, Lu, Yalin, Zhang, Jie, Xiang, Dao, Zhao, Jin, Zhu, Yimei, and Zhai, Xiaofang. Photoinduced evolution of lattice orthorhombicity and conceivably enhanced ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 membranes. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41535-022-00456-4.
Lu, Qinwen, Cheng, Yun, Wu, Lijun, Guo, Hongli, Qi, Fengfeng, Zhang, Haijuan, Yu, Junxiao, Liu, Qixin, Wang, Qing, Liang, Genhao, Chen, Jie, Lu, Yalin, Zhang, Jie, Xiang, Dao, Zhao, Jin, Zhu, Yimei, & Zhai, Xiaofang. Photoinduced evolution of lattice orthorhombicity and conceivably enhanced ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 membranes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00456-4
Lu, Qinwen, Cheng, Yun, Wu, Lijun, Guo, Hongli, Qi, Fengfeng, Zhang, Haijuan, Yu, Junxiao, Liu, Qixin, Wang, Qing, Liang, Genhao, Chen, Jie, Lu, Yalin, Zhang, Jie, Xiang, Dao, Zhao, Jin, Zhu, Yimei, and Zhai, Xiaofang. Wed .
"Photoinduced evolution of lattice orthorhombicity and conceivably enhanced ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 membranes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00456-4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1889124.
@article{osti_1889124,
title = {Photoinduced evolution of lattice orthorhombicity and conceivably enhanced ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 membranes},
author = {Lu, Qinwen and Cheng, Yun and Wu, Lijun and Guo, Hongli and Qi, Fengfeng and Zhang, Haijuan and Yu, Junxiao and Liu, Qixin and Wang, Qing and Liang, Genhao and Chen, Jie and Lu, Yalin and Zhang, Jie and Xiang, Dao and Zhao, Jin and Zhu, Yimei and Zhai, Xiaofang},
abstractNote = {Ultrashort laser pulses have been utilized to dynamically drive phase transitions in correlated quantum materials. Of particular interest is whether phases not achievable in thermal equilibrium can be induced in complex oxides with intricately coupled lattice, electron and spin degrees of freedom. Here, we tracked atomic motions in LaMnO3 following photoexcitation with MeV ultrafast electron diffraction (MeV-UED) technique. We found that the light excited state exhibits numerous signatures different from thermal equilibrium ones, including nearly conserved Bragg intensities, strongly suppressed La cation and oxygen anion displacements, and the long-range lattice orthorhombicity evolution. Furthermore, using first-principles calculations, we predict that the ferromagnetic ordering and conductivity are both enhanced upon laser excitation due to the reduction of the lattice orthorhombicity. This work benefits from recent advance in fabrication of membrane films with high epitaxial quality and in MeV-UED with large momentum space access and high temporal resolution.},
doi = {10.1038/s41535-022-00456-4},
journal = {npj Quantum Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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