TY - JOUR
AU - Malvestuto, M.
AU - Carleschi, E.
AU - Fittipaldi, R.
AU - Gorelov, E.
AU - Pavarini, E.
AU - Cuoco, M.
AU - Maeno, Y.
AU - Parmigiani, F.
AU - Vecchione, A.
TI - Electronic structure trends in the Sr(n+1)Ru(n)O(3n+1) family (n=1,2,3)
JO - Physical review / B
VL - 83
IS - 16
SN - 1098-0121
CY - College Park, Md.
PB - APS
M1 - PreJuSER-17644
SP - 165121
PY - 2011
N1 - E.G. and E.P. acknowledge the Julich BlueGene/P Grant No. JIFF41, as well as financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the research unit FOR 1346.
AB - The identification of electronic states and the analysis of their evolution with n is key to understanding n-layered ruthenates. To this end, we combine polarization-dependent O 1s x-ray absorption spectroscopy, high-purity Srn+1RunO3n+1 (n = 1,2,3) single crystals, and ab initio and many-body calculations. We find that the energy splitting between the empty x(2) - y(2) and 3z(2) - 1 state is considerably smaller than previously suggested and that, remarkably, Sr bands are essential to understanding the spectra. At low energy, we identify the main difference among the materials with a substantial rearrangement of t(2g) orbital occupations with increasing n. This rearrangement is controlled by the interplay of Coulomb repulsion, dimensionality, and changes in the t(2g) crystal field.
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LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
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DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165121
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/17644
ER -