Spin-orbit-lattice entangled state in A$_2$MgReO$_6$ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) revealed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

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Main Authors: Frontini, Felix I., Johnstone, Graham H. J., Iwahara, Naoya, Bhattacharyya, Pritam, Bogdanov, Nikolay A., Hozoi, Liviu, Upton, Mary H., Casa, Diego M., Hirai, Daigorou, Kim, Young-June
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author Frontini, Felix I.
Johnstone, Graham H. J.
Iwahara, Naoya
Bhattacharyya, Pritam
Bogdanov, Nikolay A.
Hozoi, Liviu
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego M.
Hirai, Daigorou
Kim, Young-June
author_facet Frontini, Felix I.
Johnstone, Graham H. J.
Iwahara, Naoya
Bhattacharyya, Pritam
Bogdanov, Nikolay A.
Hozoi, Liviu
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego M.
Hirai, Daigorou
Kim, Young-June
contents The $5d^1$ ordered double perovskites present an exotic playground for studying novel multi-polar physics due to large spin-orbit coupling. We present Re L3 edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) results that reveal the presence of the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in the A$_2$MgReO$_6$ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) family of $5d^1$ double perovskites. The spin-orbit excitations in these materials show a strongly asymmetric lineshape and exhibit substantial temperature dependence, indicating that they are dressed with lattice vibrations. Our experimental results are explained quantitatively through a RIXS calculation based on a spin-orbit-lattice entangled electronic ground state with the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect taken into consideration. We find that the spin-orbit-lattice entangled state is robust against magnetic and structural phase transitions as well as against significant static Jahn-Teller distortions. Our results illustrate the importance of including vibronic coupling for a complete description of the ground state physics of $5d^1$ double perovskites. Usage: Secondary publications and information retrieval purposes.
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spellingShingle Spin-orbit-lattice entangled state in A$_2$MgReO$_6$ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) revealed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Frontini, Felix I.
Johnstone, Graham H. J.
Iwahara, Naoya
Bhattacharyya, Pritam
Bogdanov, Nikolay A.
Hozoi, Liviu
Upton, Mary H.
Casa, Diego M.
Hirai, Daigorou
Kim, Young-June
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
The $5d^1$ ordered double perovskites present an exotic playground for studying novel multi-polar physics due to large spin-orbit coupling. We present Re L3 edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) results that reveal the presence of the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in the A$_2$MgReO$_6$ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) family of $5d^1$ double perovskites. The spin-orbit excitations in these materials show a strongly asymmetric lineshape and exhibit substantial temperature dependence, indicating that they are dressed with lattice vibrations. Our experimental results are explained quantitatively through a RIXS calculation based on a spin-orbit-lattice entangled electronic ground state with the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect taken into consideration. We find that the spin-orbit-lattice entangled state is robust against magnetic and structural phase transitions as well as against significant static Jahn-Teller distortions. Our results illustrate the importance of including vibronic coupling for a complete description of the ground state physics of $5d^1$ double perovskites. Usage: Secondary publications and information retrieval purposes.
title Spin-orbit-lattice entangled state in A$_2$MgReO$_6$ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) revealed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01621