Experimental Determination of Momentum-Resolved Electron-Phonon Coupling

We provide a novel experimental method to quantitatively estimate the electron-phonon coupling and its momentum dependence from resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra based on the detuning of the incident photon energy away from an absorption resonance. We apply it to the cuprate parent...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-02
Main Authors: Rossi, Matteo, Arpaia, Riccardo, Fumagalli, Roberto, Marco Moretti Sala, Betto, Davide, De Luca, Gabriella M, Kummer, Kurt, van den Brink, Jeroen, Salluzzo, Marco, Brookes, Nicholas B, Braicovich, Lucio, Ghiringhelli, Giacomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Brillouin zones
Copper
Coupling
Dependence
Inelastic scattering
Lattice vibration
Momentum
X-ray scattering
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Summary:We provide a novel experimental method to quantitatively estimate the electron-phonon coupling and its momentum dependence from resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra based on the detuning of the incident photon energy away from an absorption resonance. We apply it to the cuprate parent compound NdBa\(_2\)Cu\(_3\)O\(_6\) and find that the electronic coupling to the oxygen half-breathing phonon mode is strongest at the Brillouin zone boundary, where it amounts to \(\sim 0.17\) eV, in agreement with previous studies. In principle, this method is applicable to any absorption resonance suitable for RIXS measurements and will help to define the contribution of lattice vibrations to the peculiar properties of quantum materials.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1902.09163