Hidden Orbital Liquid State Within Ferromagnetically Ordered Metallic SrRuO3

Autor: Bradaric, I. M., Laad, M. S., Kusmartsev, F. V., Yoshii, K., Okayasu, S.
Rok vydání: 2008
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: We have experimentally found related anomalies in electrical resistivity, dc and ac magnetic susceptibility, appearing deeply within ferromagnetically ordered state in SrRuO3. Lack of Jahn-Teller distortion in this regime rules out conventional orbital order, forcing one to describe these in terms of an orbital liquid ground state coexisting with ferromagnetic spin order. We suggest that weak spin-orbit coupling in such an unusual state underpins the observed anomalies.
Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures submitted to PRL
Databáze: arXiv