Ultrafast Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering in Manganites: Direct Measurement of Time-Dependent Orbital Order

DOI: 10.1364/UP.2010.ME48

Authors: Henri Ehrke (Center for Free Electron Laser Science) , Raanan Tobey (Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford) , Simon Wall (University of Oxford) , Stuart Cavill (University of York, Diamond Light Source) , D. Prabhakaran (University of Oxford) , Andrew Boothroyd (University of Oxford) , Michael Gensch (Helmholtzzentrum Berlin) , P Reutler , Alexandre Revcolevschi , Sarnjeet Dhesi (Diamond Light Source) , Andrea Cavalleri (University of Oxford)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Conference Paper
Conference: International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP)
Peer Reviewed: No

State: Published (Approved)
Published: July 2010

Abstract: We present ultrafast resonant soft-X-ray diffraction measurements of time-dependent orbital order in the single-layer-manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4. These experiments reveal the appearance of a metastable phase with reduced ordering, different from any thermal state of the system.

Subject Areas: Physics


Instruments: I06-Nanoscience

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