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A Mirone

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Unraveling orbital ordering in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4.

Orbital ordering (OO) in the layered perovskite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 has been investigated using the enhanced sensitivity of soft x-ray resonant diffraction at the Mn L edges. The energy dependence of an OO diffraction peak over the L(2,3) edges is compared to ligand-field calculations allowing a distinction between the influences of Jahn-Teller distortions and spin correlations. The energy dependence of the diffraction peak at the Mn L1 edge is remarkably different from that observed at the Mn K edge.

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Anomalous dispersion of longitudinal optical phonons in Nd(1.86)Ce(0.14)CuO(4+delta) determined by inelastic x-ray scattering.

The phonon dispersions of Nd(1.86)Ce(0.14)CuO(4+delta) along the [xi,0,0] direction have been determined by inelastic x-ray scattering. Compared to the undoped parent compound, the two highest longitudinal phonon branches, associated with the Cu-O bond stretching and out-of-plane oxygen vibration, are shifted to lower energies. Moreover, an anomalous softening of the bond-stretching band is observed at about q = (0.2,0,0). These signatures provide evidence for strong electron-phonon coupling in this electron-doped high-temperature superconductor.

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Optimization strategies for XUV monochromators.

The techniques of monochromator optimization are reviewed, and it is shown that until recently only a few of the available parameters were used at the same time. Efficient optimization can be performed numerically. The computation method developed at LURE is explained and an example is given. Extension and development of the method are outlined.

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