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Resonant x-ray scattering and the j(eff) = 1/2 electronic ground state in iridate perovskites
M Moretti Sala1, S Boseggia2, D F McMorrow3
1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France.
Abstract:
The resonant x-ray scattering (magnetic elastic, RXMS, and inelastic, RIXS) of Ir4+ at the L2,3 edges relevant to spin-orbit Mott insulators A(n+1)Ir(n)O(3n+1) (A = Sr, Ba, etc.) are calculated using a single-ion model which treats the spin-orbit and tetragonal crystal-field terms on an equal footing. Both RXMS and RIXS in the spin-flip channel are found to display a nontrivial dependence on the direction of the magnetic moment, μ. Crucially, we show that for μ in the ab plane, RXMS in the cross-polarized channel at the L2 edge is zero irrespective of the tetragonal crystal field; spin-flip RIXS, relevant to measurements of magnons, behaves reciprocally, being zero at L2 when μ is perpendicular to the ab plane. Our results have important implications for the assignment of a j(eff) = 1/2 ground state on the basis of resonant x-ray experiments.
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