Nature Communications (May 2018)

Unconventional slowing down of electronic recovery in photoexcited charge-ordered La1/3Sr2/3FeO3

  • Yi Zhu,
  • Jason Hoffman,
  • Clare E. Rowland,
  • Hyowon Park,
  • Donald A. Walko,
  • John W. Freeland,
  • Philip J. Ryan,
  • Richard D. Schaller,
  • Anand Bhattacharya,
  • Haidan Wen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04199-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Unusual electronic behavior can emerge in complex oxides due to strong coupling between charge, magnetic and lattice degrees of freedom. Zhu et al. observe separation of electronic and lattice equilibration times in La1/3Sr2/3FeO3 as magnetic interactions make the recovery of charge order much slower than lattice relaxation.