Femtosecond optical reflectivity measurements of lattice-mediated spin repulsions in photoexcited LaCoO3 thin films

被引：6

作者：

Bielecki, J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Rata, A. D. ^{[3
]}

Borjesson, L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chalmers Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden

[2] Uppsala Univ, Dept Cell & Mol Biol, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden

[3] Inst Metall Mat, IFW Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2014年 / 89卷 / 03期

基金：

瑞典研究理事会;

关键词：

TRANSITIONS; MANGANITE;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.89.035129

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We present results on the temperature dependence of ultrafast electron and lattice dynamics, measured with pump-probe transient reflectivity experiments, of an epitaxially grown LaCoO3 thin film under tensile strain. Probing spin-polarized transitions into the antibonding e(g) band provides a measure of the low-spin fraction, both as a function of temperature and time after photoexcitation. It is observed that femtosecond laser pulses destabilize the constant low-spin fraction (similar to 63%-64%) in equilibrium into a thermally activated state, driven by a subpicosecond change in spin gap Delta. From the time evolution of the low-spin fraction, it is possible to disentangle the thermal and lattice contributions to the spin state. A lattice mediated spin repulsion, identified as the governing factor determining the equilibrium spin state in thin-film LaCoO3, is observed. These results suggests that time-resolved spectroscopy is a sensitive probe of the spin state in LaCoO3 thin films, with the potential to bring forward quantitative insight into the complicated interplay between structure and spin state in LaCoO3.

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页数：5

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