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Magnetic structural change of Sr2IrO4 upon Mn doping

Physical Review B (impact factor: 3.69). 08/2012; 86:220403. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.220403 pp.220403
Source: arXiv

ABSTRACT The layered 5d transition metal oxide Sr2IrO4 has been shown to host a novel
Jeff=1/2 Mott spin orbit insulating state with antiferromagnetic ordering,
leading to comparisons with the layered cuprates. Here we study the effect of
substituting Mn for Ir in single crystals of Sr2Ir0.9Mn0.1O4 through an
investigation involving bulk measurements and resonant x-ray and neutron
scattering. We observe a new long range magnetic structure emerge upon doping
through a reordering of the spins from the basal plane to the c-axis with a
reduced ordering temperature compared to Sr2IrO4. The strong enhancement of the
magnetic x-ray scattering intensity at the L3 edge relative to the L2 edge
indicates that the Jeff=1/2 state is robust and capable of hosting a variety of
ground states.

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Keywords

antiferromagnetic
 
basal plane
 
bulk measurements
 
comparisons
 
ground states
 
Ir
 
layered 5d transition metal oxide Sr2IrO4
 
layered cuprates
 
magnetic x-ray scattering intensity
 
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