Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-09-17
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 (2008) 422205
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
9 pages, paper has been accepted for publication in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter as a fast track communication
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/20/42/422205
Soft X-ray resonant scattering (XRS) has been used to observe directly, for the first time, the ordering of localized electronic states on both the Mn and Tb sites in multiferroic TbMnO$_3$. Large resonant enhancement of the X-ray scattering cross-section were observed when the incident photon energy was tuned to either the Mn $L$ or Tb $M$ edges which provide information on the Mn 3d and Tb $4f$ electronic states, respectively. The temperature dependence of the XRS signal establishes, in a model independent way, that in the high-temperature phase (28 K $\leq$ T $\leq$ 42 K) the Mn 3d sublattices displays long-range order. The Tb $4f$ sublattices are found to order only on entering the combined ferroelectric/magnetic state below 28 K. Our results are discussed with respect to recent hard XRS experiments (sensitive to spatially extended orbitals) and neutron scattering.
Beale T. A. W.
Bland S. R.
Boothroyd Andrew T.
Forrest T. R.
Hatton Peter D.
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