2014年4月
Antiferromagnetic Order of the Co2+ High-Spin State with a Large Orbital Angular Momentum in La1.5Ca0.5CoO4
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- 83
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- 4
- 開始ページ
- 044705
- 終了ページ
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.7566/JPSJ.83.044705
- 出版者・発行元
- PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
The antiferromagnetic insulator La1.5Ca0.5CoO4 has been investigated by Co L-2,L-3-edge and O K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements and Co L-2,L-3-edge resonant soft X-ray magnetic scattering (RXMS) measurement to determine the Co electronic structures associated with magnetic ordering. Co L-2,L-3-edge linear-dichroic XAS shows that Co2+ takes a high-spin (HS) state and Co3+ takes a low-spin (LS) state. Using Co L-2,L-3-edge RXMS, we directly determined that an antiferromagnetic order is formed with a HS state of Co2+ ions. Moreover, the spin and orbital angular momenta of the Co2+ HS state are quantitatively estimated to be 1.1 +/- 0.1 and 1.0 +/- 0.1, respectively, and to align parallel in the ab plane by utilizing the cluster model calculation. The large orbital angular momentum of the Co2+ HS state originates from the small D-4h-symmetry crystal field splitting of t(2g) levels, which is comparable with the spin-orbit coupling constant of the Co 3d orbital.
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- DOI : 10.7566/JPSJ.83.044705
- ISSN : 0031-9015
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000333179400019