Probing electronic and spin excitations in superconducting La3Ni2O7/SrLaAlO4 thin films

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Recently, ambient-pressure superconductivity (SC) with Tc>40 K has been realized in La3Ni2O7 (LNO) thin films grown on SrLaAlO4 (SLAO) substrates that applies in-plane compressive epitaxial strain on LNO, making possible spectroscopic studies on LNO in the superconducting state employing soft X-rays. Our previous RIXS experiments on LNO/LAO, LNO/LSAT and LNO/STO performed at ID32, ESRF revealed that the spectral weight and energy of spin excitations are enhanced by the in-plane compressive strain, and their electronic structure could be effectively tuned by epitaxial strain, suggesting that spin fluctuations likely play a crucial role in mediating electron pairing in the superconducting phase of LNO. However, the spin dynamics and the detailed orbital energy landscape in LNO/SLAO remain to be explored experimentally. We aim to utilize RIXS to probe the spin and orbital excitations of LNO/SLAO thin films, with the goal of gaining deeper insights into the mechanisms underlying SC in LNO.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-2220633270
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/2220633270
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Creator Chang LIU; CHUNYI LI; Hengyang ZHONG; Wenting ZHANG; Xinru HUANG ORCID logo; Xingye LU ORCID logo; Nicholas BROOKES ORCID logo; Anni CHEN; Thorsten SCHMITT ORCID logo
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2028
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields