Published 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Crystal-field level inversion in lightly Mn-doped Sr3Ru2O7

  • 1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
  • 2. II. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Koeln (Germany)
  • 3. Advanced Light Souce, Berkeley, California (United States)
  • 4. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (China)
  • 5. University Tokyo (Japan)
  • 6. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba (Japan)
  • 7. Hiroshima University (Japan)

Description

Sr3(Ru1-xMnx)2O7, in which 4d-Ru is substituted by the more localized 3d-Mn, is studied by X-ray dichroism and spin-resolved density functional theory. We find that Mn impurities do not exhibit the same 4+ valence of Ru, but act as 3+ acceptors; the extra eg electron occupies the in-plane 3dx2-y2 orbital instead of the expected out-of-plane 3d3z2-r2. We propose that the 3d-4d interplay, via the ligand oxygen orbitals, is responsible for this crystal-field level inversion and the material's transition to an antiferromagnetic, possibly orbitally ordered, low-temperature state.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Dresden 2009 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 44(5)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2009 of the condensed matter section with the divisions biological physics, chemical and polymer physics, dielectric solids, dynamics and statistical physics, low temperature physics, magnetism, metal and material physics, semiconductor physics, surface science, thin films, vacuum science and technology as well as the working groups industry and business, physics of socio-economic systems
Dates
22-27 Mar 2009
Place
Dresden (Germany)

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Session: TT 9.8 Mo 16:00; No further information available