Persistence of magnetic order in a highly excited Cu super(2+) state in CuO

We use ultrafast resonant x-ray diffraction to study the magnetic order in CuO under conditions of high electronic excitation. By measuring changes in the spectral shape of the Cu super(2+) magnetic (1/2 0 -1/2) reflection we investigate how an intense optical pump pulse perturbs the electronic and...

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Published in:Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics Condensed matter and materials physics, 2014-06, Vol.89 (22)
Main Authors: Staub, U, de Souza, R A, Beaud, P, Mohr-Vorobeva, E, Ingold, G, Caviezel, A, Scagnoli, V, Delley, B, Turner, J J, Krupin, O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Band structure of solids
Condensed matter
COPPER OXIDE
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
Electronics
Excitation
Excitation spectra
Femtosecond
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
PUMPS
Spectra
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Summary:We use ultrafast resonant x-ray diffraction to study the magnetic order in CuO under conditions of high electronic excitation. By measuring changes in the spectral shape of the Cu super(2+) magnetic (1/2 0 -1/2) reflection we investigate how an intense optical pump pulse perturbs the electronic and magnetic states. We observe an energy shift in the magnetic resonance at short times after the pump pulse. This shift is compared with expectations from band structure calculations at different electronic temperatures. This spectral line shift indicates that although the electrons are heated to effective electron temperatures far above T sub(N) on a time scale faster than the experimental resolution, magnetic order persists in this highly excited state for several hundred femtoseconds.
ISSN:1098-0121
1550-235X