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L Braicovich1, J van den Brink, V Bisogni, M Moretti Sala, L J P Ament, N B Brookes, G M De Luca, M Salluzzo, T Schmitt, V N Strocov, G Ghiringhelli.
Abstract
We probe the collective magnetic modes of La2CuO4 and underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) by momentum resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Cu L3 edge. For the undoped antiferromagnetic sample, we show that the single magnon dispersion measured with RIXS coincides with the one determined by inelastic neutron scattering, thus demonstrating that x rays are an alternative to neutrons in this field. In the spin dynamics of LSCO, we find a branch dispersing up to approximately 400 meV coexisting with one at lower energy. The high-energy branch has never been seen before. It indicates that underdoped LSCO is in a dynamic inhomogeneous spin state.Entities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 20366909 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.077002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161