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Orbital ordering in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 studied by soft x-ray linear dichroism
(2004-02-27)
Huang, DJ
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Wu, WB
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Guo, GY
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Lin, HJ
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Hou, TY
We found that the conventional model of orbital-ordering of 3x(2)-r(2)/3y(2)-r(2) type in the e(g) states of La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 is incompatible with measurements of linear dichroism in the Mn 2p-edge x-ray absorption, whereas these e(g) states exhibit predominantly cross-type orbital ordering of x(2)-z(2)/y(2)-z(2). LDA+U band-structure calculations reveal that such a cross-type orbital-ordering results from a combined effect of antiferromagnetic structure, Jahn-Teller distortion, and on-site Coulomb interactions.
Orbital polarization of LaSrMnO4 studied by soft X-ray linear dichroism
(2004-07-01)
Wu, WB
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Huang, DJ
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Guo, GY
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Lin, H
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Hou, TY
With polarization-dependent soft X-ray absorption, we determined the orbital character of occupied and the lowest unoccupied e, orbitals of prototype single-layered perovskite LaSrMnO4, Our measurements indicate that LaSrMnO4 exhibits strong orbital polarization in the e, states of Mn3+ sites, leading us to conclude that LaSrMnO4 has a "ferro-orbital" ordering of 3z(2)-r(2). We found that linear dichroism in soft X-ray absorption is an effective experimental method to identify the nature of orbital ordering in transition-metal oxides such as manganites. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.