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Revealing the hidden heavy Fermi liquid in CaRuO3

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Y. Liu
H.P. Nair
J.P. Ruf
D.G. Schlom
K.M. Shen

Abstract

The perovskite ruthenate CaRuO3 has attracted considerable interest due to reports of possible non-Fermi-liquid behavior and its proximity to a magnetic quantum critical point, yet its ground state and electronic structure remain enigmatic. Here, we report measurements of the Fermi surface and quasiparticle dispersion in CaRuO3 through a combination of oxide molecular beam epitaxy and in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Our results reveal a complex and anisotropic Fermi surface consisting of small electron pockets and straight segments, consistent with the bulk orthorhombic crystal structure with large octahedral rotations. We observe a strongly band-dependent mass renormalization, with prominent heavy quasiparticle bands which lie close to the Fermi energy and exhibit a strong temperature dependence. These results are consistent with a heavy Fermi liquid with a complex fermiology and small hybridization gaps near the Fermi energy. Our results provide a unified framework for explaining previous experimental results on CaRuO3, such as its unusual optical conductivity, and demonstrate the importance of octahedral rotations in determining the quasiparticle band structure, and electron correlations in complex transition-metal oxides. © 2018 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review B

Volume

98

Issue

4

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051434321&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.98.041110&partnerID=40&md5=c08f1b4ebf1c62ad742c64de3f10f8e2

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.98.041110

Group (Lab)

Kyle Shen Group

Funding Source

2016YFA0300203
DMR-1719875
0335765
0847385
1308089
1709255
DMR-1308089
DMR-1709255
2002S
11674280

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