Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Crossover from lattice to plasmonic polarons of a spin-polarised electron gas in ferromagnetic EuO

  • J. M. Riley,
  • F. Caruso,
  • C. Verdi,
  • L. B. Duffy,
  • M. D. Watson,
  • L. Bawden,
  • K. Volckaert,
  • G. van der Laan,
  • T. Hesjedal,
  • M. Hoesch,
  • F. Giustino,
  • P. D. C. King

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04749-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Many-body interactions in solids offer opportunities to realize striking physical properties. Here the authors demonstrate the formation of plasmonic polarons in Eu1-x Gd x O and their tunability with charge carrier doping, providing a route to tailoring quantum many-body interactions in solid.