Spin-state transition and high-spin polarons in LaCoO3

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Yamaguchi, S
Okimoto, Y
Taniguchi, H
Tokura, Y
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[1] Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
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10.1103/PhysRevB.53.R2926
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The spin gap energy (approximate to 30 meV) associated with the low-spin (S=O) to high-spin (S=2) transition in LaCoO3 was proved to be considerably smaller than the charge gap energy (approximate to 0.1 eV) which was estimated by optical spectroscopy. Hole doping in the low-spin ground state of LaCoO3 leads to formation of localized magnetic polarons with unusually high spin number (S=10-16), which can be viewed as a precursor of the doping-induced ferromagnetic metallic state.
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