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    Resonant soft x-ray powder diffraction study to determine the orbital ordering in a-site-ordered SmBaMn2O6
    (American Physical Society, 2008-02) García-Fernández, M; Staub, U; Bodenthin, Y; Lawrence, SM; Mulders, AM; Buckley, CE; Weyeneth, S; Pomjakushina, E; Conder, K
    Soft x-ray resonant powder diffraction has been performed at the Mn L-2,L-3 edges of A-site-ordered SmBaMn2O6. The energy and polarization dependences of the (1/4 1/4 0) reflection provide direct evidence for a (x(2) - z(2))/(y(2) - z(2))-type orbital ordering in contrast to single-layer manganite. The temperature dependence of the reflection indicates an orbital reorientation transition at approximate to 210 K, below which the charge- and orbital-ordered MnO2 sheets show AAAA-type of stacking. The concurring reduction of the ferromagnetic superexchange correlations leads to further charge localization. © 2008, American Physical Society