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In-situ strain-tuning of the metal-insulator-transition of Ca $_{2}$ RuO $_{4}$ in angle-resolved photoemission experiments

arXiv:1803.00488 · doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06945-0

Abstract

We report the evolution of the $k$ -space electronic structure of lightly doped bulk Ca $_{2}$ RuO $_{4}$ with uniaxial strain. Using ultrathin plate-like crystals, we achieve strain levels up to $- 4.1%$ , sufficient to suppress the Mott phase and access the previously unexplored metallic state at low temperature. Angle-resolved photoemission experiments performed while tuning the uniaxial strain reveal that metallicity emerges from a marked redistribution of charge within the Ru $t_{2 g}$ shell, accompanied by a sudden collapse of the spectral weight in the lower Hubbard band and the emergence of a well defined Fermi surface which is devoid of pseudogaps. Our results highlight the profound roles of lattice energetics and of the multiorbital nature of Ca $_{2}$ RuO $_{4}$ in this archetypal Mott transition and open new perspectives for spectroscopic measurements.

To appear in Nature Communications

In-situ strain-tuning of the metal-insulator-transition of Ca2​RuO4​ in angle-resolved photoemission experiments

Abstract

In-situ strain-tuning of the metal-insulator-transition of Ca $_{2}$ RuO $_{4}$ in angle-resolved photoemission experiments