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تسجيل مستخدم جديدProbing orbital fluctuations in RVO3 (R = Y, Gd, or Ce) by ellipsometry
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We study optical excitations across the Mott gap in the multi-orbital Mott-Hubbard insulators RVO3. The multi-peak structure observed in the optical conductivity can be described consistently in terms of the different 3d^3 multiplets or upper Hubbard bands. The spectral weight is very sensitive to nearest-neighbor spin-spin and orbital-orbital correlations and thus shows a pronounced dependence on both temperature and polarization. Comparison with theoretical predictions based on either rigid orbital order or strong orbital fluctuations clearly rules out the latter. Both, the line shape and the temperature dependence give clear evidence for the importance of excitonic effects.
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