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Krupin O, Dakovski GL, Kim BJ, Kim JW, Kim J, Mishra S, Chuang YD, Serrao CR, Lee WS, Schlotter WF, Minitti MP, Zhu D, Fritz D, Chollet M, Ramesh R, Molodtsov SL, Turner JJ. Ultrafast dynamics of localized magnetic moments in the unconventional Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. J Phys Condens Matter 2016; 28:32LT01. [PMID: 27310659 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/32/32lt01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We report a time-resolved study of the ultrafast dynamics of the magnetic moments formed by the [Formula: see text] states in Sr2IrO4 by directly probing the localized iridium 5d magnetic state through resonant x-ray diffraction. Using optical pump-hard x-ray probe measurements, two relaxation time scales were determined: a fast fluence-independent relaxation is found to take place on a time scale of 1.5 ps, followed by a slower relaxation on a time scale of 500 ps-1.5 ns.
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- O Krupin
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94720, USA. European XFEL, Hamburg 22761, Germany
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Dean MPM, Cao Y, Liu X, Wall S, Zhu D, Mankowsky R, Thampy V, Chen XM, Vale JG, Casa D, Kim J, Said AH, Juhas P, Alonso-Mori R, Glownia JM, Robert A, Robinson J, Sikorski M, Song S, Kozina M, Lemke H, Patthey L, Owada S, Katayama T, Yabashi M, Tanaka Y, Togashi T, Liu J, Rayan Serrao C, Kim BJ, Huber L, Chang CL, McMorrow DF, Först M, Hill JP. Ultrafast energy- and momentum-resolved dynamics of magnetic correlations in the photo-doped Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. Nat Mater 2016; 15:601-5. [PMID: 27159018 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Measuring how the magnetic correlations evolve in doped Mott insulators has greatly improved our understanding of the pseudogap, non-Fermi liquids and high-temperature superconductivity. Recently, photo-excitation has been used to induce similarly exotic states transiently. However, the lack of available probes of magnetic correlations in the time domain hinders our understanding of these photo-induced states and how they could be controlled. Here, we implement magnetic resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at a free-electron laser to directly determine the magnetic dynamics after photo-doping the Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. We find that the non-equilibrium state, 2 ps after the excitation, exhibits strongly suppressed long-range magnetic order, but hosts photo-carriers that induce strong, non-thermal magnetic correlations. These two-dimensional (2D) in-plane Néel correlations recover within a few picoseconds, whereas the three-dimensional (3D) long-range magnetic order restores on a fluence-dependent timescale of a few hundred picoseconds. The marked difference in these two timescales implies that the dimensionality of magnetic correlations is vital for our understanding of ultrafast magnetic dynamics.
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- M P M Dean
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Physics &Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL 9747AG, The Netherlands
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free Electron Laser Science, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Liu X, Dean MPM, Liu J, Chiuzbăian SG, Jaouen N, Nicolaou A, Yin WG, Rayan Serrao C, Ramesh R, Ding H, Hill JP. Probing single magnon excitations in Sr₂IrO₄ using O K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. J Phys Condens Matter 2015; 27:202202. [PMID: 25921058 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/20/202202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the L-edge of transition metal elements is now commonly used to probe single magnon excitations. Here we show that single magnon excitations can also be measured with RIXS at the K-edge of the surrounding ligand atoms when the center heavy metal elements have strong spin-orbit coupling. This is demonstrated with oxygen K-edge RIXS experiments on the perovskite Sr2IrO4, where low energy peaks from single magnon excitations were observed. This new application of RIXS has excellent potential to be applied to a wide range of magnetic systems based on heavy elements, for which the L-edge RIXS energy resolution in the hard x-ray region is usually poor.
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- X Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China. Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA. Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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