Ferro-type orbital state in the Mott transition system Ca2-xSrxRuO4 studied by the resonant x-ray scattering interference technique.
We have succeeded in detecting ferro-type orbital states in Ca2-xSrxRuO4, which is the first outcome in a 4d Mott transition system by the resonant x-ray scattering interference technique. For x=0 (Mott insulator), the resonant signal for d(xy) orbital ordering is observed even at room temperature, in which the Jahn-Teller distortion is negligible. The signal disappears near the metal-insulator transition. On the other hand, in a metallic phase for x=0.5, orbital polarization with d(yz/zx) character dominates. With lowering temperature, the magnitude of the resonant signal slightly decreases owing to the additional influence of the gamma band with d(xy) character.
Kubota
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Photon Factory, IMSS, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan. masato.kubota@kek.jp
Murakami
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Y
Mizumaki
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Ohsumi
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H
Ikeda
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Nakatsuji
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S
Fukazawa
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H
Maeno
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Y