by Ghiringhelli, G., Matsubara, M., Dallera, C., Fracassi, F. and Tagliaferri, A., Brookes, N. B., Kotani, A. and Braicovich, L.
Abstract:
In their Comment to our recent paper [Phys. Rev. B 73, 035111 (2006)], Muller and Hufner proposed a comparison of our Mn L(2),(3) resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) data with low-energy electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) measurements. The differences in the experimental spectra highlighted by the authors can be easily ascribed to the different cross sections in the two techniques, even when they probe the same subset of excited states, namely, the dd excitations. One important difference is that EELS is limited to quartet final states only, whereas RIXS can lead to doublets, too. Thus our theoretical interpretation of the RIXS spectra, made within two different models, is compatible with the traditional crystal-field analysis of EELS. As the Sugano-Tanabe diagram usually do not include the 3d spin-orbit and the interatomic superexchange interactions, their accuracy is limited to hundreds of meV and they should be utilized only for rough assignments of the spectral features. On the contrary, by calculating the RIXS spectral shape we could address more sophisticated models with remarkable agreement to the experimental results. This is hardly possible in the case of low-energy EELS, for which reliable simulations of the spectra are much more difficult.
Reference:
Reply to “Comment on `Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering of MnO: L(2,3) edge measurements and assessment of their interpretation’ ” (Ghiringhelli, G., Matsubara, M., Dallera, C., Fracassi, F. and Tagliaferri, A., Brookes, N. B., Kotani, A. and Braicovich, L.), In PHYSICAL REVIEW B, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, volume 78, 2008.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{ ISI:000259690800120, Author = {Ghiringhelli, G. and Matsubara, M. and Dallera, C. and Fracassi, F. and Tagliaferri, A. and Brookes, N. B. and Kotani, A. and Braicovich, L.}, Title = {{Reply to ``Comment on `Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering of MnO: L(2,3) edge measurements and assessment of their interpretation' ``}}, Journal = {{PHYSICAL REVIEW B}}, Year = {{2008}}, Volume = {{78}}, Number = {{11}}, Month = {{SEP}}, Abstract = {{In their Comment to our recent paper {[}Phys. Rev. B 73, 035111 (2006)], Muller and Hufner proposed a comparison of our Mn L(2),(3) resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) data with low-energy electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) measurements. The differences in the experimental spectra highlighted by the authors can be easily ascribed to the different cross sections in the two techniques, even when they probe the same subset of excited states, namely, the dd excitations. One important difference is that EELS is limited to quartet final states only, whereas RIXS can lead to doublets, too. Thus our theoretical interpretation of the RIXS spectra, made within two different models, is compatible with the traditional crystal-field analysis of EELS. As the Sugano-Tanabe diagram usually do not include the 3d spin-orbit and the interatomic superexchange interactions, their accuracy is limited to hundreds of meV and they should be utilized only for rough assignments of the spectral features. On the contrary, by calculating the RIXS spectral shape we could address more sophisticated models with remarkable agreement to the experimental results. This is hardly possible in the case of low-energy EELS, for which reliable simulations of the spectra are much more difficult.}}, Publisher = {{AMER PHYSICAL SOC}}, Address = {{ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA}}, Type = {{Editorial Material}}, Language = {{English}}, Affiliation = {{Ghiringhelli, G (Corresponding Author), Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Fis, INFM CNR, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy. Ghiringhelli, G.; Dallera, C.; Fracassi, F.; Tagliaferri, A.; Braicovich, L., Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Fis, INFM CNR, I-20133 Milan, Italy. Matsubara, M., Helsinki Univ Technol, Phys Lab, FIN-02015 Helsinki, Finland. Brookes, N. B., European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, F-38043 Grenoble, France. Kotani, A., RIKEN SPring 8, Sayo, Hyogo 6795148, Japan. Kotani, A., Inst Mat Struct Sci, Photon Factory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan.}}, DOI = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.78.117102}}, Article-Number = {{117102}}, ISSN = {{1098-0121}}, Research-Areas = {{Materials Science; Physics}}, Web-of-Science-Categories = {{Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter}}, ResearcherID-Numbers = {{Brookes, Nicholas B/C-6718-2019 Tagliaferri, Alberto/L-2903-2015 Ghiringhelli, Giacomo/D-1159-2014 Matsubara, Masahiko/AAQ-3085-2020 }}, ORCID-Numbers = {{Brookes, Nicholas B/0000-0002-1342-9530 Tagliaferri, Alberto/0000-0001-8001-1786 Ghiringhelli, Giacomo/0000-0003-0867-7748 Matsubara, Masahiko/0000-0002-3608-6905 Braicovich, Lucio/0000-0001-6548-9140}}, Number-of-Cited-References = {{12}}, Times-Cited = {{3}}, Usage-Count-Last-180-days = {{0}}, Usage-Count-Since-2013 = {{20}}, Journal-ISO = {{Phys. Rev. B}}, Doc-Delivery-Number = {{355EA}}, Unique-ID = {{ISI:000259690800120}}, DA = {{2020-12-22}}, }
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