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In the mixed-valence manganites, a near-infrared laser typically melts theorbital and spin order simultaneously, corresponding to the photoinduced$d^{1}d^{0}$ $\xrightarrow{}$ $d^{0}d^{1}$ excitations in the Mott-Hubbardbands of manganese. Here, we use ultrafast methods -- both femtosecond resonantx-ray diffraction and optical reflectivity -- to demonstrate that the orbitalresponse in the layered manganite Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_{1+x}$MnO$_{4}$ ($\it{x}$ =2/3) does not follow this scheme. At the photoexcitation saturation fluence,the orbital order is only diminished by a few percent in the transient state.Instead of the typical $d^{1}d^{0}$ $\xrightarrow{}$ $d^{0}d^{1}$ transition, anear-infrared pump in this compound promotes a fundamentally distinct mechanismof charge transfer, the $d^{0}$ $ \xrightarrow{}$ $d^{1}L$, where $\it{L}$denotes a hole in the oxygen band. This novel finding may pave a new avenue forselectively manipulating specific types of order in complex materials of thisclass.

Preserving orbital order in a layered manganite by ultrafast hybridized band excitation