We have investigated the influence of point defect disorder in the electronic properties of manganite films. Real-time mapping of ion irradiated samples conductivity was performed though conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM). CAFM images show electronic inhomogeneities in the samples with different physical properties due to spatial fluctuations in the point defect distribution. As disorder increases, the distance between conducting regions increases and the metal-insulator transition shifts to lower temperatures. Transport properties in these systems can be interpreted in terms of a percolative model. The samples saturation magnetization decreases as the irradiation dose increases whereas the Curie temperature remains unchanged.
Evidence for nano-scale inhomogeneities in bilayer manganites in the Mn\sp{4+} rich region: $\bm{0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80}$
采用原子对分布函数(PDF)技术研究了掺杂范围为$0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80$的天然双层锰氧化物\lsmo中原子的局域结构响应。我们的低温中子粉末衍射测量表明,当其有序磁结构从A型($0.54 \leq x \leq 0.66$)向C/C型$^*$($0.74 \leq x \leq 0.90$)有序过渡时,两种不同的Jahn-Teller(JT)畸变MnO $_6$八面体共存。在低温下,在所有掺杂水平下,掺杂空穴主要存在于双层的平面中。在A型磁有序区中,$_g$电子在平面上明显离域,形成未畸变的八面体,而在C/C型$^*$区中,JT畸变八面体明显拉长.这与非均匀共存的离域和局域电子态的存在是一致的。没有观察到宏观相分离的证据。这种纳米级的不均匀性可以解释在自旋无序的“间隙”区域($0.66 \leq x \leq 0.74$)中观察到的磁阻挫行为。
Colossal magnetoresistance without phase separation: Disorder-induced spin glass state and nanometer scale orbital-charge correlation in half doped manganites
本文研究了高质量$A$位无序(固溶体)$_{0.5}$单晶在自旋玻璃绝缘体与磁阻铁磁金属相界附近的磁学和电学性质。详细分析了Eu $_{0.5}$ Ba $_{0.5}$ MnO $_3$的交流磁化率和X射线漫散射随温度的变化关系。具有小带宽的Ln $_{0.5}$ Ba $_{0.5}$ MnO $_3$晶体中随机势扰动的均匀性产生了均匀的短程电荷/轨道有序,而不是相分离,从而产生了近原子的自旋玻璃态。值得注意的是,这种微观无序的“CE玻璃”状态本身就能够产生巨大的磁阻。
The interplay between double exchange, super-exchange, and Lifshitz localization in doped manganites
考虑到Mn被Fe或Ga取代所引起的锰氧化物的无序,我们完成了在以前的论文中开始的掺杂锰氧化物的系统研究。为此,一个无序的模型制定和解决使用变分平均场技术。在所考虑的情况下,双交换、超交换和无序之间的微妙相互作用对T_C对Mn取代百分比的依赖性产生类似的影响。然而,在La $_{2/3}$ Ca $_{1/3}$ Mn $_{1-y}$ Ga $_y$ O $_3$中,我们的结果表明$y\approx 0.1-0.2$存在量子临界点(QCP),与导带电子态的局部化有关。对于La $_x$ Ca $_x$ Mn $_{1-y}$ Fe $_y$ O $_3$(含$x=1/3,3/8$),预期无此类QCP。
Manganite charge and orbitally ordered and disordered states probed by Fe substitution into Mn site in LnBaMn1.96Fe0.04O5, LnBaMn1.96Fe0.04O6 and LnBaMn1.96Fe0.04O5.5 (Ln=Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, Pr, La)
The Structural and Magnetic ordering in $La{}_{0.5-x}Nd_{x}Ca_{0.5}MnO_{3}$ (0.1 \ensuremath{\le} x \ensuremath{\le} 0.5) Manganites
用磁化强度、电阻率、透射电子显微镜和中子衍射技术研究了多晶$La{}_{0.5-x}Nd{}_{x}Ca_{0.5}MnO{}_{3}$(0.0 \ensuremath{\le} x \ensuremath{\le} 0.5)样品的晶体和磁性结构。样品具有正交结构,空间群为\textit{Pnma}。随着温度的降低,样品呈现出CE型反铁磁结构,同时存在弱的铁磁有序.铁磁相的生长削弱了电荷和轨道有序的反铁磁相。低温下Nd掺杂引起的结构畸变和磁结构的演化与A位无序($σ^{2}$)有很强的相关性。
An effort is made to study the contrast in magnetic behavior resulting from minimal disorder introduced by substitution of 2.5% Ga or Al in Mn-site of La${_{0.9}}$Sr$_{0.1}$MnO${_3}$. It is considered that Ga or Al selectively creates disorder within the orbital domains or on its walls, causing enhancement of Griffiths phase (GP) singularity for the former and disappearance of it in the later case. It is shown that Ga replaces Mn$^{3+}$ which is considered to be concentrated within the domains, whereas Al replaces Mn$^{4+}$ which is segregated on the hole-rich walls, without causing any signif…
Topological defects as relics of emergent continuous symmetry and Higgs condensation of disorder in ferroelectrics
Lars Onsager和Richard Feynman设想,在$^{4}$ He中,三维(3D)超流到正常$λ$的转变通过涡旋的增殖发生。对于同一普适类中的每一个相变,这个过程都应该成立。拓扑缺陷在破缺相变中的作用已经成为宇宙学和高温超导学的主要课题,尽管直接成像这些缺陷是具有挑战性的。在这里,我们表明,U(1)连续对称性,出现在铁电临界点的多铁性六方锰氧化物导致类似的增殖的漩涡。此外,无序场(涡旋)耦合到一个新出现的U(1)规范场,当加热到铁电转变温度以上时,涡旋凝聚(跨越整个系统),通过希格斯机制,规范场变得有质量。在六方锰氧化物的涡旋网络的直接成像提供了独特的实验访问这种双重描述的铁电转变,同时使测试的Kibble-Zurek机制。
Proximity to an orbital order with charge disorder state in optimally-doped \textit{RE}\textsubscript{5/8}Ca\textsubscript{3/8}MnO\textsubscript{3} perovskites