Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the oxygen K resonance of NiO: nonlocal charge transfer and double-singlet excitations.
We report high-resolution polarization-dependent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the O K resonance of NiO showing a rich excitation spectrum. We perform multisite Ni6O19 cluster model calculations, revealing that solid state effects are substantial. We identify a nonlocal charge transfer excitation at 4-5 eV and double-singlet creation at 1.75 eV, both exhibiting significant scattering geometry dependence. Apart from an intense band of local charge transfer excitations (above 5 eV) also dd excitations at 1 eV are observed. Finally, we point out that O K RIXS of correlated metal oxides allows a quantitative and consistent determination of the charge transfer energy delta and the Hund coupling energy J(H).
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Department of Physics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 530, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
Schmitt
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Magnuson
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Forsberg
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Olsson
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Nordgren
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Okada
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Kotani
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