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C Ulrich1, L J P Ament, G Ghiringhelli, L Braicovich, M Moretti Sala, N Pezzotta, T Schmitt, G Khaliullin, J van den Brink, H Roth, T Lorenz, B Keimer.
Abstract
High-resolution resonant inelastic x-ray scattering has been used to determine the momentum dependence of orbital excitations in Mott-insulating LaTiO(3) and YTiO(3) over a wide range of the Brillouin zone. The data are compared to calculations in the framework of lattice-driven and superexchange-driven orbital ordering models. A superexchange model in which the experimentally observed modes are attributed to two-orbiton excitations yields the best description of the data.Year: 2009 PMID: 19792341 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.107205
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161