Observation of correlated plasmons in low-valence nickelates
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| author | Shen, Y. He, W. Sears, J. Guo, Xuefei Luo, Xiangpeng Roll, A. Li, J. Pelliciari, J. He, Xi Bozovic, I. Zhang, Junjie Mitchell, J. F. Bisogni, V. Mitrano, M. Johnston, S. Dean, M. P. M. |
| author_facet | Shen, Y. He, W. Sears, J. Guo, Xuefei Luo, Xiangpeng Roll, A. Li, J. Pelliciari, J. He, Xi Bozovic, I. Zhang, Junjie Mitchell, J. F. Bisogni, V. Mitrano, M. Johnston, S. Dean, M. P. M. |
| contents | The discovery of nickelate superconductors has opened a new arena for studying the behavior of correlated electron liquids that give rise to unconventional superconductivity. While critical information about a material's charge dynamics is encoded in its plasmons, collective modes of the electron gas, these excitations have not yet been observed in nickelate materials. Here, we use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) to detect plasmons in the metallic, low-valence nickelate Pr4Ni3O8. Although qualitatively similar to those in cuprates, the nickelate plasmons are more heavily damped and have a lower velocity than those in a cuprate at comparable doping, which we attribute to reduced electronic hopping and enhanced screening of the long-range Coulomb interactions. Furthermore, the plasmons in Pr4Ni3O8 soften with increasing temperature, in contrast to the cuprate, where plasmons remain at nearly fixed energy but become more strongly damped. Taken together, these results reveal a distinct charge-screening landscape in nickelates and place quantitative constraints on analogies to cuprates. |
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| spellingShingle | Observation of correlated plasmons in low-valence nickelates Shen, Y. He, W. Sears, J. Guo, Xuefei Luo, Xiangpeng Roll, A. Li, J. Pelliciari, J. He, Xi Bozovic, I. Zhang, Junjie Mitchell, J. F. Bisogni, V. Mitrano, M. Johnston, S. Dean, M. P. M. Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity The discovery of nickelate superconductors has opened a new arena for studying the behavior of correlated electron liquids that give rise to unconventional superconductivity. While critical information about a material's charge dynamics is encoded in its plasmons, collective modes of the electron gas, these excitations have not yet been observed in nickelate materials. Here, we use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) to detect plasmons in the metallic, low-valence nickelate Pr4Ni3O8. Although qualitatively similar to those in cuprates, the nickelate plasmons are more heavily damped and have a lower velocity than those in a cuprate at comparable doping, which we attribute to reduced electronic hopping and enhanced screening of the long-range Coulomb interactions. Furthermore, the plasmons in Pr4Ni3O8 soften with increasing temperature, in contrast to the cuprate, where plasmons remain at nearly fixed energy but become more strongly damped. Taken together, these results reveal a distinct charge-screening landscape in nickelates and place quantitative constraints on analogies to cuprates. |
| title | Observation of correlated plasmons in low-valence nickelates |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12160 |