Inhomogeneity in the spin channel of ferromagnetic CMR manganites

  • R. H. Heffner
  • , J. E. Sonier
  • , D. E. MacLaughlin
  • , G. J. Nieuwenhuys
  • , F. Mezei
  • , G. Ehlers
  • , J. F. Mitchell
  • , S. W. Cheong

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Abstract

Colossal magnetoresistance manganites are archetypes in which to study the strong coupling between spin, charge and lattice degrees of freedom in materials. We present muon spin-lattice relaxation data in ferromagnetic (FM) ground state materials from the manganite series La1-xCaxMnO3 and La1-x-yPryCaxMnO3. These measurements reveal several characteristic relaxation modes arising from the strong spin-charge-lattice interactions. We also present results from neutron-spin-echo spectroscopy, which directly measures the spin-spin correlation function in a time domain comparable to μSR. A qualitative model for the FM transition in the manganites involving microscopic phase separation is suggested by these data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)494-499
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume326
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2003
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Work at Los Alamos performed under the auspices of the US DOE/BES. Work at Argonne has been carried out by the University of Chicago as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (‘Argonne’) under Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38 with the US Department of Energy, at U. C. Riverside by the US NSF (Grant Nos. DMR-9731361 and DMR-0102293) and in The Netherlands by agencies FOM and NOW (Leiden). The US Government retains for itself, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government

Keywords

  • Colossal magnetoresistance
  • Manganites
  • Muon spin relaxation

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