Resonant diffraction and photoemission inconsistent with altermagnetism in epitaxial RuO$_2$ films
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| author | Gregory, Benjamin Z. Wadehra, Neha Zhang, Shuyuan Wu, Yi Poage, Samuel Strempfer, Jörg Kundu, Asish K. Rajapitamahuni, Anil Vescovo, Elio Verma, Anita Pamuk, Betül Ruf, Jacob Nair, Hari Schreiber, Nathaniel J. Ahadi, Kaveh Shen, Kyle M. Schlom, Darrell G. Singer, Andrej |
| author_facet | Gregory, Benjamin Z. Wadehra, Neha Zhang, Shuyuan Wu, Yi Poage, Samuel Strempfer, Jörg Kundu, Asish K. Rajapitamahuni, Anil Vescovo, Elio Verma, Anita Pamuk, Betül Ruf, Jacob Nair, Hari Schreiber, Nathaniel J. Ahadi, Kaveh Shen, Kyle M. Schlom, Darrell G. Singer, Andrej |
| contents | Excitement about the magnetic and electronic properties of RuO$_2$ is growing, fueled by reports of antiferromagnetism, strain-induced superconductivity, and its recent classification as a member of a newly proposed magnetic class, altermagnets, with RuO$_2$ widely regarded as the paradigmatic example. Nevertheless, the magnetic ground state of RuO$_2$ remains contentious, as several recent experiments report no evidence of magnetic order. To address this discrepancy, we performed resonant elastic scattering measurements on a series of epitaxial RuO$_2$ thin films grown on the (100)-plane of TiO$_2$ substrates across a range of strain states. Leveraging full polarization control and azimuthal scans of the structurally forbidden 100 Bragg reflection, we systematically tested for signatures of colinear antiferromagnetic order. We found that the resonant elastic scattering signal in RuO$_2$ thin films likely originates from anisotropic charge scattering, not long-range antiferromagnetic order. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we uncover a band structure without altermagnetic band splitting that is consistent with a nonmagnetic phase. Similarly, anisotropic magnetoresistance results show no evidence of magnetism. The combination of three independent measurements suggests the absence of altermagnetism in RuO$_2$. |
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| spellingShingle | Resonant diffraction and photoemission inconsistent with altermagnetism in epitaxial RuO$_2$ films Gregory, Benjamin Z. Wadehra, Neha Zhang, Shuyuan Wu, Yi Poage, Samuel Strempfer, Jörg Kundu, Asish K. Rajapitamahuni, Anil Vescovo, Elio Verma, Anita Pamuk, Betül Ruf, Jacob Nair, Hari Schreiber, Nathaniel J. Ahadi, Kaveh Shen, Kyle M. Schlom, Darrell G. Singer, Andrej Materials Science Excitement about the magnetic and electronic properties of RuO$_2$ is growing, fueled by reports of antiferromagnetism, strain-induced superconductivity, and its recent classification as a member of a newly proposed magnetic class, altermagnets, with RuO$_2$ widely regarded as the paradigmatic example. Nevertheless, the magnetic ground state of RuO$_2$ remains contentious, as several recent experiments report no evidence of magnetic order. To address this discrepancy, we performed resonant elastic scattering measurements on a series of epitaxial RuO$_2$ thin films grown on the (100)-plane of TiO$_2$ substrates across a range of strain states. Leveraging full polarization control and azimuthal scans of the structurally forbidden 100 Bragg reflection, we systematically tested for signatures of colinear antiferromagnetic order. We found that the resonant elastic scattering signal in RuO$_2$ thin films likely originates from anisotropic charge scattering, not long-range antiferromagnetic order. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we uncover a band structure without altermagnetic band splitting that is consistent with a nonmagnetic phase. Similarly, anisotropic magnetoresistance results show no evidence of magnetism. The combination of three independent measurements suggests the absence of altermagnetism in RuO$_2$. |
| title | Resonant diffraction and photoemission inconsistent with altermagnetism in epitaxial RuO$_2$ films |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13781 |