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Microscopic Analysis of Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in Orbital-Ordered KCuF3

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-06-20 v2

Abstract

We analyze resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Cu K edge in a typical orbital-ordered compound KCuF3 on the basis of a microscopic theory. Spectral shape and its dependence on polarization direction and momentum transfer of photons are explained consistently with experimental data within our microscopic calculation. According to our microscopic orbital-resolving analysis, high-energy spectral weights (above 5 eV) originate from charge-transfer excitations related to the Cu-d\gamma orbitals, while the low-energy weights (below 2 eV) originate from the d-d orbital excitations among the five Cu-d orbitals. We assign specifically the RIXS weights to microscopic orbital-excitation processes, beyond the previous phenomenological assignment based on symmetry properties.

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@article{arxiv.1403.1656,
  title  = {Microscopic Analysis of Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in Orbital-Ordered KCuF3},
  author = {Takuji Nomura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.1656},
  year   = {2014}
}

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23 pages, 9 figures