Anomalous Antiferromagnetism in Metallic RuO$_2$ Determined by Resonant X-ray Scattering

Z. H. Zhu; J. Strempfer; R. R. Rao; J. Pelliciari; Y. Choi; T. Kawaguchi; H. You; J. F. Mitchell; Y. Shao-Horn; R. Comin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.017202

Anomalous Antiferromagnetism in Metallic RuO$_2$ Determined by Resonant X-ray Scattering

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-01-28 v3

Authors: Z. H. Zhu , J. Strempfer , R. R. Rao , J. Pelliciari , Y. Choi , T. Kawaguchi , H. You , J. F. Mitchell , Y. Shao-Horn , R. Comin

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We studied the magnetic ordering of thin films and bulk crystals of rutile RuO $_2$ using resonant X-ray scattering across the Ru L $_2$ absorption edge. Combining polarization analysis and azimuthal-angle dependence of the magnetic Bragg signal, we have established the presence of G-type antiferromagnetism in RuO $_2$ with T $_N$ $>$ 300 K. In addition to revealing a spin-ordered ground state in the simplest ruthenium oxide compound, the persistence of magnetic order even in nanometer-thick films lays the ground for potential applications of RuO $_2$ in antiferromagnetic spintronics.

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rutile ruo2 antiferromagnetism resonant x-ray scattering spintronics thin films

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@article{arxiv.1806.02036,
  title  = {Anomalous Antiferromagnetism in Metallic RuO$_2$ Determined by Resonant X-ray Scattering},
  author = {Z. H. Zhu and J. Strempfer and R. R. Rao and J. Pelliciari and Y. Choi and T. Kawaguchi and H. You and J. F. Mitchell and Y. Shao-Horn and R. Comin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.02036},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Anomalous Antiferromagnetism in Metallic RuO$_2$ Determined by Resonant X-ray Scattering

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