Abstract
We observed ultra-short laser pulse-induced transient optical anisotropy in a LaMnO3 thin film. The anisotropy was induced by laser pulse irradiation with a fluence of less than 0.1 mJ/cm2 at room temperature. The transmittance and reflectance showed strong dependence on the polarization states of the pulses. For parallel and perpendicular polarization states, there exists a difference of approximately 0.2% for transmittance and 0.05% for reflectance at 0.3 ps after the irradiation with a pump pulse, respectively. The theoretical values for optical transmittance and reflectance with an assumption of an orbital ordering of 3d eg electrons in Mn3+ ions showed good agreement with the experimental results, demonstrating that the transient optical anisotropy in LaMnO3 thin film is due to the photo-induced symmetry-breaking of orbital ordering in excited states.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-4-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914094
Funding Information
This study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (Grant Nos. 2012R1A1A4A01010025, 220-2011-1-C00016, and 2014R1A2A2A01006478), and the work done at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Division.
Repository Citation
Munkhbaatar, Purevdorj; Marton, Zsolt; Tsermaa, Baatarchuluun; Choi, Woo Seok; Seo, Sung S. Ambrose; Kim, Jin Seung; Nakagawa, Naoyuki; Hwang, Harold Y.; Lee, Ho Nyung; and Myung-Whun, Kim, "Room Temperature Optical Anisotropy of a LaMnO3 Thin-Film Induced by Ultra-Short Pulse Laser" (2015). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 246.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/246
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Applied Physics Letters, v. 106, no. 9, article 092907, p. 1-4.
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The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters, v. 106, no. 9, article 092907, p. 1-4 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914094.