Magnetic excitations of the charge stripe electrons below half doping in La2−xSrxNiO4 (x = 0.45, 0.4)
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2017-02-03
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American Physical Society
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The low energy magnetic excitation spectrum of charge stripe ordered La2-xSrxNiO4, x=0.4 and x=0.45 samples, were studied by neutron scattering. Two excitation modes are observed in both materials, one from the ordered magnetic moments, and a second mode consistent with pseudo-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic excitations of the charge stripe electrons (q-1D). The dispersion of the q-1D excitation follows the same relation as in x=1/3 composition, with even spectral weight in the two counterpropagating branches of the x=0.4 sample, however in the x=0.45 sample only one dispersion branch has any measurable spectral weight. The evolution of the q-1D excitations on doping to the checkerboard charge ordered phase is discussed. ©2017 American Physical Society.
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Nickel, Strontium, Lanthanum, Magnetization, Electrons, Crystal doping, Neutrons
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Freeman, P. G., Giblin, S. R., Hradil, K., Mole, R. A., Cermak, P., & Prabhakaran, D. (2017). Magnetic excitations of the charge stripe electrons below half doping in La2-xSr_xNiO4(x = 0.45, 0.4). Physical Review B, 95(6), 064403. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064403