Crystal-field level inversion in lightly Mn-doped Sr3Ru2O7

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 or...

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Hauptverfasser: Hossain, Suman (VerfasserIn) , Haverkort, Maurits W. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2008
In: Arxiv

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Verfasserangaben:M.A. Hossain, Z. Hu, M.W. Haverkort, T. Burnus, C.F. Chang, S. Klein, J.D. Denlinger, H.-J. Lin, C.T. Chen, R. Mathieu, Y. Kaneko, Y. Tokura, S. Satow, Y. Yoshida, H. Takagi, A. Tanaka, I.S. Elfimov, G.A. Sawatzky, L.H. Tjeng, and A. Damascelli
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Zusammenfassung: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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