Resonant Elastic X-Ray Scattering

Aim of this Tutorial: Resonant Elastic X-Ray Scattering, Resonant Processes, Electronic Excitations, Charge and Orbital Order,...

Manuscripts to be discussed:

Murakami et al., Direct Observation of Charge and Orbital Ordering in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4

  • What kind of experiments were performed?
  • What material has been investigated?
  • What happens on a microscopic level when excited on resonance?
  • How does the angular dependence enter?
  • What is the main finding of Murakami et al.?