Neutron spectroscopy measurements reveal dynamic spin correlations throughout the Brillouin zone in the colossal magnetoresistive material La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 at 265 K (approximately 1.03 Tc). The long-wavelength behavior is consistent with spin diffusion, yet an additional and unexpected component of the scattering is also observed in low-energy constant-E measurements, which takes the form of ridges of strong quasielastic scattering running along (H 0 0) and equivalent directions. Well-defined Q-space correlations are observed in constant-E scans at energies up to at least 28 meV, suggesting robust short-range spin correlations in the paramagnetic phase.
Magnetic field dependent variable range hopping behaviour in resistivity at low temperatures in polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive manganites: evidence of spin polarised tunnelling
Mesoscale magnetism at the grain boundaries in colossal magnetoresistive films
我们报道了在外延La $_{1-x}$ Sr $_{x}$ MnO $_{3}$薄膜中发现的具有独特磁性的介观区域，这些区域表现出穿过晶界的隧道状磁电阻。通过使用温度依赖的磁力显微镜，我们观察到的中尺度区域形成的晶界附近，并具有不同的居里温度（高达20 K { \it高}）比晶粒内部。我们的图像提供了直接的证据，以前的猜测，在薄膜的晶界不是磁性和电子尖锐的接口。中尺度区域的大小随温度和底层缺陷的性质而变化。
Neutron spectroscopy is used to probe transverse acoustic phonons near the (2, 2, 0) Bragg position in colossal magnetoresistive La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3. Upon warming to temperatures near Tc = 257 K the phonon peaks in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 soften and damp significantly with the phonon half width at half maximum approaching 2.5 meV for phonons at a reduced wave vector of q = (0.2, 0.2, 0). Concurrently a quasielastic component develops that dominates the spectrum near the polaron position at high temperatures. This quasielastic scattering is ~5 times more intense near Tc than in La0.7Sr0.3M…
Colossal electroresistance and colossal magnetoresistive step in paramagnetic insulating phase of single crystalline bilayered manganite(La$_{0.4}$Pr$_{0.6}$)$_{1.2}$Sr$_{1.8}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$
我们报告了在（La $_{0.4}$ Pr $_{0.6}$）$_{1.2}$ Sr $_{1.8}$ Mn $_{2}$ O $_{7}$的顺磁绝缘（PMI）状态下在$ab$ -平面上施加电流引起的低温电阻的显著降低。在较低的温度下观察到一个巨大的电阻效应，达到~ 95%。在低于10 K的低温下，在5 T附近出现一个巨大的磁阻阶跃，并伴随着绝缘体-金属转变的超尖锐宽度。向晶体注入更高的电流会导致阶跃跃迁消失。这些发现与研究晶体的PMI矩阵内钉扎的短程电荷有序簇的存在有密切的关系。
Ultrafast collective dynamics of short-range charge/orbital ordering fluctuations in colossal magnetoresistive oxides
巨磁电阻锰氧化物是一种自旋、电荷、轨道和晶格自由度之间存在强耦合的高关联系统，导致复杂的相图和多种有序形式的共存。例如，MnO $_{6} octahedra in CMR manganites and compete with the electron itinerancy favored by double exchange. However, access to the ordered dynamical state has been challenging, mostly due to intrinsic experimental difficulties in measuring fast short-range correlations. Here, we report on a strongly damped low-energy collective mode originating from fast short-range CO fluctuations in La}$ _{0.67}Ca $_{0.33}Mn{O}$ _{3}（LCMO）单晶和薄膜的纳米级电荷/轨道有序（CO）涨落似乎与Jahn-Teller（JT）畸变协同作用。我们阐明了集体模式的色散关系和依赖于平均A位离子半径，r$_{A}，和空穴掺杂浓度。我们的研究结果表明，第一次CMR锰氧化物中的动态…
A new minimal model is constructed for the doped manganese oxides which exhibit colossal magnetoresistance (CMR), involving broad spin-majority conduction band as well as nearly localised spin-minority electron states. A simple mean field analysis yields a temperature-dependent hybridised band structure with suppressed carrier weight at the Fermi level. Spin stiffness is complex, indicating unusually strong spin wave damping. Experimental and theoretical investigations are needed to further verify the relevance of the proposed model.
Using a two-band double-exchange model with Jahn-Teller lattice distortions and super-exchange interactions, supplemented by quenched disorder, at electron density $n=0.65$, we explicitly demonstrate the coexistence of the $n$ = 1/2-type ($π, π$) charge-ordered and the ferromagnetic nanoclusters above the ferromagnetic transition temperature $T_{\rm c}$ in colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites. The resistivity increases due to the enhancement of the volume fraction of the charge-ordered and the ferromagnetic nanoclusters with decreasing the temperature down to $T_{\rm c}$. The ferromagnet…
Manganites are famous mostly for the colossal magnetoresistive effect, which involves the phase separation between ferromagnetic phase and charge-ordered CE-type antiferromagnetic phases. Furthermore, manganites contain some typical magnetic ferroelectrics, e.g. E-type antiferromagnetic $o$-HoMnO$_3$. Here we re-examined these zigzag-winding antiferromagnetic phases (CE-type and E-type antiferromagnets) from the topological perspective. Our theoretical analysis proved that the E-type phase is a weak topological insulator belonging to the $\mathbb{Z}$ class. In momentum space, we classify the s…
While the spin dynamics of La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ in the ferromagnetic phase are known to be unconventional, previous measurements have yielded contradictory results regarding the damping of spin wave excitations. Neutron spectroscopy measurements on a sample with a transition temperature of $T_c$=257 K, higher than most single crystals, unambiguously reveal an anomalous increase in spin wave damping for excitations approaching the Brillouin zone boundary along the [$100$] direction that cannot be explained as an artifact due to a noninteracting phonon branch. Spin waves throughout the ($…
We present temperature-dependent scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements on $La_{1-x}Ca_{x}MO_{3}$ ($x\sim0.33$) films with different degrees of biaxial strain. A depletion in normalized conductance around the Fermi level is observed both above and below the insulator-to-metal transition temperature $T_{MI}$, for weakly as well as highly-strained films. This pseudogap-like depletion globally narrows on cooling. The zero-bias conductance decreases on cooling in the insulating phase, reaches a minimum close to $T_{MI}$ and increases on cooling in the metallic phase, following the trend of m…
The origin of the effect of colossal magneto-resistance (CMR) remains still unexplained. In this work we revisit the spin dynamics of the pseudo-cubic La1-xSrxMnO3 along the Mn-O-Mn bond direction at four x doping values (x < 0.5) and various temperatures and report a new lattice dynamics study at x0=0.2, representative of the optimal doping for CMR. We propose an interpretation of the spin dynamics in terms of orbital polarons. This picture is supported by the observation of a discrete magnetic energy spectrum Enmag (q) characteristic of the internal excitations of "orbital polarons" defined …
Spatially resolved tunneling spectroscopic studies of colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganite $\rm La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_3$ (LCMO) epitaxial films on $\rm (LaAlO_3)_{0.3}(Sr_2AlTaO_6)_{0.7}$ substrate are investigated as functions of temperature, magnetic field and spin polarization by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Systematic surveys of the tunneling spectra taken with Pt/Ir tips reveal spatial variations on the length scale of a few hundred nanometers in the ferromagnetic state, which may be attributed to the intrinsic heterogeneity of the manganites due to their tendency towards …
We present angle-resolved photoemission studies of (La1-zPrz)2-2xSr1+2xMn2O7 with x=0.4 and z=0.1,0.2 and 0.4 along with density functional theory calculations and x-ray scattering data. Our results show that the bilayer splitting in the ferromagnetic metallic phase of these materials is small, if not completely absent. The charge carriers are therefore confined to a single MnO2-layer, which in turn results in a strongly nested Fermi surface. In addition to this, the spectral function also displays clear signatures of an electronic ordering instability well below the Fermi level. The increase …
By using laboratory x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HX-PES) at a synchrotron facility, we report an empirical semi-quantitative relationship between the valence/core-level x-ray photoemission spectral weight and electrical conductivity in La_{1-x}Sr_{x}MnO_{3} as a function of x. In the Mn 2p_{3/2} HX-PES spectra, we observed the shoulder structure due to the Mn^{3+} well-screened state. However, the intensity at x=0.8 was too small to explain its higher electrical conductivity than x=0.0, which confirms our recent analysis on the Mn 2p_{3/2} X…
We explain the observed specific heat anomaly (and hence entropy change) in the colossal magnetoresistive manganite Sm0.55Sr0.45MnO3, by introducing phase separation into the current carrier density collapse theory via the notion of the ferromagnetic volume fraction. Within the same framework, we have also been able to explain the observed electrical resistivity of Sm0.55Sr0.45MnO3 by using appropriate expressions governing the scattering mechanisms far away from the transition. Fitting specific heat and resistivity results has allowed us to separate the hopping activation energy of polaronic …
Magnetoresistive Memory in the Paramagnetic Phase of Eu$_5$In$_2$As$_6$
Boston College（波士顿学院）；University of California San Diego（加州大学圣地亚哥分校）；Oak Ridge National Laboratory（橡树岭国家实验室）；National High Magnetic Field Laboratory（国家高磁场实验室）；Stockholm University（斯德哥尔摩大学）；Brookhaven National Laboratory（布鲁克海文国家实验室）；National Institute of Standards and Technology（美国国家标准与技术研究院）；University of Maryland, College Park（马里兰大学帕克分校）
Comment on ``Spin Dependent Hopping and Colossal Negative Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial $Nd_{0.52}Sr_{0.48}MnO_{3}$ Films in Fields up to 50 T''
最近，Wagner等人[Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol.81，P.3980（1998）]建议修改Mott的原始模型以并入跳跃势垒，该跳跃势垒取决于在基元过程中初始和最终状态的电子自旋之间的取向差。他们进一步声称，使用该模型，他们可以解释观察到的缩放行为-负磁阻缩放比例的布里渊函数$\cal{B}$在铁磁状态和${\cal{B}}^2$在顺磁状态。在这篇评论中，我们认为，莫特的原始模型所需的修改是不同的瓦格纳等人提出的，并进一步表明，我们的图片将成功地解释所观察到的缩放在两个制度。
We have studied the [100]-[110] anisotropy of the Compton profile in the bilayer manganite. Quantitative agreement is found between theory and experiment with respect to the anisotropy in the two metallic phases (i.e. the low temperature ferromagnetic and the colossal magnetoresistant phase under a magnetic field of 7 T). Robust signatures of the metal-insulator transition are identified in the momentum density for the paramagnetic phase above the Curie temperature. We interpret our results as providing direct evidence for the transition from the metallic-like to the admixed ionic-covalent bon…
Multi-scale Phase Modulations in Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites
大量的实验结果提出了在锰氧化物的巨磁电阻观测到的多尺度相位调制现象。两个关键类型的相位不均匀性直接相关的庞磁电阻（CMR）进行了讨论。第一种类型涉及结构和电子不同相的微米级共存。我们提出了广泛的实验数据的原型系统表现出这样的相共存，（La，Pr）$_{5/8}$ Ca $_{3/8}$ MnO $_{3}$。这些数据表明，在该系统中的金属-绝缘体转变的弛豫输运现象起着关键作用，并在很大程度上负责显着的磁电阻的大小。多相态的相组成受电子关联和马氏体调节应变的影响。第二种类型的非均匀状态是在高温下通常在锰氧化物中发现的顺磁状态中实现的。在这种状态下，纳米级的结构相关性与纳米级的电荷/轨道有序区域进行观察。众多的锰氧化物系统的实验研究表明，这些相关性是通用的正交混合价锰氧化物，相关区域的CMR效应中起着至关重要的作用。
Colossal low-field negative magnetoresistance in CaAl$_{2}$Si$_{2}$-type diluted magnetic semiconductors (Ba,K)(Cd,Mn)$_{2}$As$_{2}$
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院物理研究所凝聚态物理国家实验室）；Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter（量子物质协同创新中心）
Neutron spectroscopy measurements reveal short-range spin correlations near and above the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition in manganite materials of the form La$_{1-x}A_{x}$MnO$_{3}$, including samples with an insulating ground state as well as colossal magnetoresistive samples with a metallic ground state. Quasielastic magnetic scattering is revealed that forms clear ridges running along the [100]-type directions in momentum space. A simple model consisting of a conduction electron hopping between spin polarized Mn ions that becomes self-trapped after a few hops captures the essent…
Among colossal magnetoresistive manganites the prototypical ferromagnetic manganite La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ has a relatively small magnetoresistance, and has been long assumed to have only weak electron-lattice coupling. Here we report that La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ has strong electron-phonon coupling: Our neutron and x-ray scattering experiments show strong softening and broadening of transverse acoustic phonons on heating through the Curie temperature T$_C$ = 350 K. Simultaneously, we observe two phases where metallic resistivity and polarons coexist. The ferromagnetic polaronic me…
We demonstrate that magnetic phase separation and competing spin order in the colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites can be directly explored via tuning strain in bulk samples of nanocrystalline La$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$MnO$_3$. Our results show that strain can be reversibly frozen into the lattice in order to stabilize coexisting antiferromagnetic domains within the nominally ferromagnetic metallic state of La$_{5/8}$Ca$_{3/8}$MnO$_3$. The measurement of tunable phase separation via magnetic neutron powder diffraction presents a direct route of exploring the correlated spin properties of phase sep…
