Spin State Transition in LaCoO3 Studied Using Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Magnetic Circular Dichroism

Physical Review Letters 97 巻 17 号 176405-1-176405-4 頁 2006-10-26 発行
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Spin State Transition in LaCoO3 Studied Using Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Magnetic Circular Dichroism
作成者
Haverkort Maurits W.
Hu Zhiwei
Cezar Júlio C.
Burnus Tobias
Hartmann Helena
Reuther Marco
Zobel C.
Lorenz Thomas
Brookes Nicholas B.
Hsieh Hui-Huang
Lin Hong-Ji
Chen Chien-Te
Tjeng L. Hao
収録物名
Physical Review Letters
97
17
開始ページ 176405-1
終了ページ 176405-4
抄録
Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism at the Co-L2,3 edge, we reveal that the spin state transition in LaCoO3 can be well described by a low-spin ground state and a triply degenerate high-spin first excited state. From the temperature dependence of the spectral line shapes, we find that LaCoO3 at finite temperatures is an inhomogeneous mixed-spin state system. It is crucial that the magnetic circular dichroism signal in the paramagnetic state carries a large orbital momentum. This directly shows that the currently accepted low- or intermediate-spin picture is at variance. Parameters derived from these spectroscopies fully explain existing magnetic susceptibility, electron spin resonance, and inelastic neutron data.
言語
英語
資源タイプ 学術雑誌論文
出版者
American Physical Society
発行日 2006-10-26
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Copyright (c) 2006 The American Physical Society.
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[ISSN] 0031-9007
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.176405
[NCID] AA00773679
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.176405