Emergent exchange-driven giant magnetoelastic coupling in a correlated itinerant ferromagnet

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Autori principali: Marques, Carolina A., Rhodes, Luke C., Osmolska, Weronika, Lane, Harry, Benedičič, Izidor, Naritsuka, Masahiro, Berge, Siri A., Fittipaldi, Rosalba, Lettieri, Mariateresa, Vecchione, Antonio, Wahl, Peter
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author Marques, Carolina A.
Rhodes, Luke C.
Osmolska, Weronika
Lane, Harry
Benedičič, Izidor
Naritsuka, Masahiro
Berge, Siri A.
Fittipaldi, Rosalba
Lettieri, Mariateresa
Vecchione, Antonio
Wahl, Peter
author_facet Marques, Carolina A.
Rhodes, Luke C.
Osmolska, Weronika
Lane, Harry
Benedičič, Izidor
Naritsuka, Masahiro
Berge, Siri A.
Fittipaldi, Rosalba
Lettieri, Mariateresa
Vecchione, Antonio
Wahl, Peter
contents The interaction between the electronic and structural degrees of freedom is central to several intriguing phenomena observed in condensed-matter physics. In magnetic materials, magnetic interactions couple to lattice degrees of freedom, resulting in magnetoelastic coupling, which is typically small and only detectable in macroscopic samples. Here we demonstrate a giant magnetoelastic coupling in the correlated itinerant ferromagnet Sr$_4$Ru$_3$O$_{10}$. We establish an effective control of magnetism in the surface layer and utilize it to probe the impact of magnetism on its electronic and structural properties. By using scanning tunnelling microscopy, we reveal subtle changes in the electronic structure dependent on ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic alignment between the surface and subsurface layers. We further determine the consequences of the exchange force on the relaxation of the surface layer, which exhibits giant magnetostriction. Our results provide a direct measurement of the impact of exchange interactions and correlations on structural details in a quantum material, revealing how electronic correlations result in a strong electron-lattice coupling.
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spellingShingle Emergent exchange-driven giant magnetoelastic coupling in a correlated itinerant ferromagnet
Marques, Carolina A.
Rhodes, Luke C.
Osmolska, Weronika
Lane, Harry
Benedičič, Izidor
Naritsuka, Masahiro
Berge, Siri A.
Fittipaldi, Rosalba
Lettieri, Mariateresa
Vecchione, Antonio
Wahl, Peter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The interaction between the electronic and structural degrees of freedom is central to several intriguing phenomena observed in condensed-matter physics. In magnetic materials, magnetic interactions couple to lattice degrees of freedom, resulting in magnetoelastic coupling, which is typically small and only detectable in macroscopic samples. Here we demonstrate a giant magnetoelastic coupling in the correlated itinerant ferromagnet Sr$_4$Ru$_3$O$_{10}$. We establish an effective control of magnetism in the surface layer and utilize it to probe the impact of magnetism on its electronic and structural properties. By using scanning tunnelling microscopy, we reveal subtle changes in the electronic structure dependent on ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic alignment between the surface and subsurface layers. We further determine the consequences of the exchange force on the relaxation of the surface layer, which exhibits giant magnetostriction. Our results provide a direct measurement of the impact of exchange interactions and correlations on structural details in a quantum material, revealing how electronic correlations result in a strong electron-lattice coupling.
title Emergent exchange-driven giant magnetoelastic coupling in a correlated itinerant ferromagnet
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09611