Excitonic dispersion of the intermediate spin state in LaCoO3 revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
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2018
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Wang, Ru-Pan
Hariki, Atsushi
Sotnikov, Andrii
Frati, Federica
Okamoto, Jun
Huang, Hsiao-yu
Singh, Amol
Huang, Di-jing
Tomiyasu, Keisuke
Du, Chao-hung
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Abstract
We report Co L3-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering on LaCoO3 at 20 K. We observe excitations with sizable dispersion that we identify as intermediate-spin (IS) states. Theoretical calculations that treat the IS states as mobile excitons propagating on the low-spin background support the interpretation. The present result shows that mobility substantially reduces the energy of IS excitations in part of the Brillouin zone, which makes them important players in the low-energy physics of LaCoO3 together with immobile high-spin excitations.
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Composite bosons, Excitons, Strongly correlated systems
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Wang, R, Hariki, A, Sotnikov, A, Frati, F, Okamoto, J, Huang, H, Singh, A, Huang, D, Tomiyasu, K, Du, C, Kuneš, J & De Groot, F M F 2018, 'Excitonic dispersion of the intermediate spin state in LaCoO3 revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering', Physical Review B, vol. 98, no. 3, 035149. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.035149