TY - JOUR
AU - Li, H.-F.
AU - Su, Y.
AU - Chatterji, T.
AU - Nefedov, A.
AU - Persson, J.
AU - Meuffels, P.
AU - Xiao, Y.
AU - Vaknin, D.
AU - Brückel, T.
TI - Soft x-ray resonant scattering study of single-crystal LaSr2Mn2O7
JO - The European physical journal / B
VL - 74
SN - 1434-6028
CY - Berlin
PB - Springer
M1 - PreJuSER-9413
SP - 457 - 461
PY - 2010
N1 - We are grateful for the excellent technical support from BESSY-II, Germany. This work was partially supported by the BMBF under contract No. O3ZA6BC2.
AB - Soft X-ray resonant scattering studies at the Mn L-II,L- III- and the La M-IV,M- V- edges of single-crystal LaSr2Mn2O7 are reported. At low temperatures, below T-N a parts per thousand 160 K, energy scans with a fixed momentum transfer at the A-type antiferromagnetic (0 0 1) reflection around the Mn L-II,L- III-edges with incident linear sigma and pi polarizations show strong resonant enhancements. The splitting of the energy spectra around the Mn L-II,L- III-edges may indicate the presence of a mixed valence state, e.g., Mn3+/Mn4+. The relative intensities of the resonance and the clear shoulder-feature as well as the strong incident sigma and pi polarization dependences strongly indicate its complex electronic origin. Unexpected enhancement of the charge Bragg (0 0 2) reflection at the La M-IV,M- V-edges with sigma polarization has been observed up to 300 K, with an anomaly appearing around the orbital-ordering transition temperature, T-OO a parts per thousand 220 K, suggesting a strong coupling (competition) between them.
KW - J (WoSType)
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
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DO - DOI:10.1140/epjb/e2010-00117-3
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/9413
ER -