Photoinduced melting of magnetic order in the correlated electron insulator NdNiO3

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.220401

Authors: A. D. Caviglia (Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter; Delft University of Technology) , M. Först (Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) , R. Scherwitzl (University of Geneva) , V. Khanna (Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter; University of Oxford; Diamond Light Source) , H. Bromberger (University of Hamberg) , R. Mankowsky (University of Hamburg) , R. Singla (Max Planck Institute for Structural Dynamics) , Y.-D. Chuang (Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) , W. S. Lee (The Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)) , O. Krupin (European XFEL) , W. F. Schlotter (Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory) , J. J. Turner (Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory) , G. L. Dakovski (Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory) , M. P. Minitti (Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory) , J. Robinson (Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory) , V. Scagnoli (Paul Scherrer Institut) , S. Wilkins (Brookhaven National Laboratory) , S. A. Cavill (Diamond Light Source) , M. Gibert (University of Geneva) , S. Gariglio (University of Geneva) , P. Zubko (University of Geneva) , J.-M. Triscone (University of Geneva) , J. P. Hill (Brookhaven National Laboratory) , S. S. Dhesi (Diamond Light Source) , A. Cavalleri (Max-Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter; University of Oxford)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Physical Review B , VOL 88 (22)

State: Published (Approved)
Published: December 2013
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 7282 , 8207

Abstract: Using ultrafast resonant soft x-ray diffraction, we demonstrate photoinduced melting of antiferromagnetic order in the correlated electron insulator NdNiO3.

Diamond Keywords: Antiferromagnetism

Subject Areas: Physics, Materials


Instruments: I06-Nanoscience (XPEEM)

Other Facilities: SXR at LCLS

Added On: 12/12/2013 14:59

Discipline Tags:

Surfaces Quantum Materials Physics Magnetism Materials Science interfaces and thin films

Technical Tags:

Diffraction Soft X-ray Diffraction (SXD)