Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 106, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.217401
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- EPSRC [EP/H033939/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H033939/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We used ultrafast resonant soft x-ray diffraction to probe the picosecond dynamics of spin and orbital order in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 after photoexcitation with a femtosecond pulse of 1.5 eV radiation. Complete melting of antiferromagnetic spin order is evidenced by the disappearance of a (1/4, 1/4, 1/2) diffraction peak. On the other hand, the (1/4, 1/4, 0) diffraction peak, reflecting orbital order, is only partially reduced. We interpret the results as evidence of destabilization in the short-range exchange pattern with no significant relaxation of the long-range Jahn-Teller distortions. Cluster calculations are used to analyze different possible magnetically ordered states in the long-lived metastable phase. Nonthermal coupling between light and magnetism emerges as a primary aspect of photoinduced phase transitions in manganites.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available