Competing Ferromagnetic and Charge-Ordered States in Models for Manganites: The Origin of the Colossal Magnetoresistance Effect

Cengiz Şen, Gonzalo Alvarez, Elbio Dagotto

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Abstract

The one-orbital model for manganites with cooperative phonons and superexchange coupling JAF is investigated via large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. The results for two orbitals are also briefly discussed. Focusing on the electron density n=0.75, a regime of competition between ferromagnetic metallic and charge-ordered (CO) insulating states is identified. In the vicinity of the associated bicritical point, colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) effects are observed. The CMR is associated with the development of short-distance correlations among polarons, above the spin ordering temperatures, resembling the charge arrangement of the low-temperature CO state.

Original languageEnglish
Article number127202
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume98
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 21 2007

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FundersFunder number
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences0443144

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