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阻挫金刚石晶格磁体NiRh $_2$ O $_4$的电子结构

Electronic structure of the frustrated diamond lattice magnet NiRh$_2$O$_4$

B. Zager, J. R. Chamorro, L. Ge, V. Bisogni, J. Pelliciari, J. Li, G. Fabbris, T. M. McQueen, M. Mourigal, K. W. Plumb

摘要:

$A$位尖晶石NiRh $_2$ O $_4$是自旋为1的金刚石晶格磁体的唯一已知实现,并且被预测为由受抑最近邻和次最近邻交换以及轨道简并驱动的非常规磁性现象。以前的工作没有发现磁秩序的迹象,但发现了一个缺口色散磁激发表明可能的价键磁基态。然而,许多竞争的低能量自由度和有限的经验微观约束的存在使进一步的分析复杂化。在这里,我们进行共振非弹性X射线散射(RIXS)和X射线吸收光谱(XAS)来表征的局部电子结构的NiRh $_2$ O $_4$。的RIXS数据可以部分地描述由四面体配位的镍$^{2+}$的单离子模型,并表示一个tetrandom畸变$Δt_2\!=\!70$毫电子伏,分裂的$t_2$轨道成一个高能量的轨道单线态和较低能量的轨道双峰。我们确定的RIXS光谱的特点是一致的铑-镍两个网站的激发表明强金属-金属杂化介导的氧在NiRh $_2$ O $_4$。我们还确定了电子-声子耦合的签名,通过外观的声子边带,衣服的晶体场激发。这些结果建立了NiRh $_2$ O $_4$的磁性相关的关键能量尺度,并进一步表明,共价性和晶格动力学在控制$A$位尖晶石的磁性基态中起着至关重要的作用。

英文摘要:

The $A$-site spinel NiRh$_2$O$_4$ is the only known realization of a spin-1 diamond lattice magnet and is predicted to host unconventional magnetic phenomena driven by frustrated nearest and next-nearest neighbor exchange as well as orbital degeneracy. Previous works found no sign of magnetic order but found a gapped dispersive magnetic excitation indicating a possible valence bond magnetic ground state. However, the presence of many competing low energy degrees of freedom and limited empirical microscopic constraints complicates further analysis. Here, we carry out resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to characterize the local electronic structure of NiRh$_2$O$_4$. The RIXS data can be partly described by a single-ion model for tetrahedrally coordinated Ni$^{2+}$ and indicates a tetragonal distortion $Δt_2\!=\!70$ meV that splits the $t_2$ orbitals into a high energy orbital singlet and lower energy orbital doublet. We identify features of the RIXS spectra that are consistent with a Rh-Ni two-site excitation indicating strong metal-metal hybridization mediated by oxygen in NiRh$_2$O$_4$. We also identify signatures of electron-phonon coupling through the appearance of phonon sidebands that dress crystal field excitations. These results establish the key energy scales relevant to the magnetism in NiRh$_2$O$_4$ and further demonstrate that covalency and lattice dynamics play essential roles in controlling the magnetic ground states of $A$-site spinels.

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