Enhancement of ferromagnetism by oxygen isotope substitution in strontium ruthenate SrRuO3

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The oxygen isotope effect of the ferromagnetic transition in itinerant ferromagnet strontium ruthenate SrRuO3 with a Curie temperature Tc of 160 K is studied. We observed for the first time a shift of ΔTc ∼ 1 K by oxygen isotope substitution of 16O † 18O in SrRuO3 by precise measurements of DC and AC magnetizations. The results surprisingly lead to the noteworthy inverse isotope effect with negative coefficient α =-δ lnTc/δ lnM. The Raman spectra indicate that the main vibration frequency of 16O at 363 cm-1 shifts to 341 cm-1 following oxygen isotope substitution 18O. This shift is remarkably consistent with the Debye frequency being proportional to ≈ 1'M where M is the mass of an oxygen atom. The positive isotope shift of ΔTc can be understood by taking account of the electron-phonon interaction.

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Kawanaka, H., Aiura, Y., Hasebe, T., Yokoyama, M., Masui, T., Nishihara, Y., & Yanagisawa, T. (2016). Enhancement of ferromagnetism by oxygen isotope substitution in strontium ruthenate SrRuO3. Scientific Reports, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35150

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