Observation of a 500meV Collective Mode in La${}_{2-x}$Sr${}_x$CuO${}_4$ and Nd${}_2$CuO${}_4$

Abstract

Utilizing resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, we report a previously unobserved mode in the excitation spectrum of La${}_{2-x}$Sr${}_x$CuO${}_4$ at 500 meV. The mode is peaked around the ($\pi$,0) point in reciprocal space and is observed to soften, and broaden, away from this point. Samples with x=0, 0.01, 0.05, and 0.17 were studied. The new mode is found to be rapidly suppressed with increasing Sr content and is absent at $x$=0.17, where it is replaced by a continuum of excitations. The peak is only observed when the incident x-ray polarization is normal to the CuO planes and is also present in Nd${}_2$CuO${}_4$. We suggest possible explanations for this excitation.

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• Inelastic Light Scattering From Correlated Electrons
• Two-magnon excitations in resonant inelastic x-ray scattering from quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets
• Momentum dependent light scattering in insulating cuprates
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