Raman and fluorescence characteristics of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering from doped superconducting cuprates

Huang, H. Y.; Jia, C. J.; Chen, Z. Y.; Wohlfeld, K.; Moritz, B.; Devereaux, T. P.; Wu, W. B.; Okamoto, J.; Lee, W. S.; Hashimoto, M.; He, Y.; Shen, Z. X.; Yoshida, Y.; Eisaki, H.; Mou, C. Y.; Chen, C. T.; Huang, D. J.

doi:10.1038/srep19657

Title: Raman and fluorescence characteristics of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering from doped superconducting cuprates

Journal Article · Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19657· OSTI ID:1237586

Huang, H. Y. ^[1]; Jia, C. J. ^[2]; Chen, Z. Y. ^[3]; Wohlfeld, K. ^[4]; Moritz, B. ^[2]; Devereaux, T. P. ^[2]; Wu, W. B. ^[5]; Okamoto, J. ^[5]; Lee, W. S. ^[2]; Hashimoto, M. ^[2]; He, Y. ^[6]; Shen, Z. X. ^[6]; Yoshida, Y. ^[7]; Eisaki, H. ^[7]; Mou, C. Y. ^[3]; Chen, C. T. ^[5]; Huang, D. J. ^[3]

National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan); National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Univ. of Warsaw (Poland)
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba (Japan)

Measurements of spin excitations are essential for an understanding of spin-mediated pairing for superconductivity; and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) provides a considerable opportunity to probe high-energy spin excitations. However, whether RIXS correctly measures the collective spin excitations of doped superconducting cuprates remains under debate. Here we demonstrate distinct Raman- and fluorescence-like RIXS excitations of Bi1.5Pb0.6Sr1.54CaCu2O8+δ. Combining photon-energy and momentum dependent RIXS measurements with theoretical calculations using exact diagonalization provides conclusive evidence that the Raman-like RIXS excitations correspond to collective spin excitations, which are magnons in the undoped Mott insulators and evolve into paramagnons in doped superconducting compounds. In contrast, the fluorescence-like shifts are due primarily to the continuum of particle-hole excitations in the charge channel. Our results show that under the proper experimental conditions RIXS indeed can be used to probe paramagnons in doped high-Tc cuprate superconductors.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1237586

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16577; srep19657

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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