Optical evidence of multiphase coexistence in single crystalline (La,Pr,Ca)MnO3 -: art. no. 115118

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Lee, HJ [1 ]
Kim, KH
Kim, MW
Noh, TW
Kim, BG
Koo, TY
Cheong, SW
Wang, YJ
Wei, X
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Sch Phys, Seoul 151747, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Res Ctr Oxide Elect, Seoul 151747, South Korea
[3] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
[4] Florida State Univ, Natl High Magnet Field Lab, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevB.65.115118
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We investigated temperature (T)- and magnetic field-dependent optical conductivity spectra sigma(omega) of a La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 (yapproximate to0.35) single crystal, showing intriguing phase coexistence at low T. At T-C<T, <T-CO, a dominant charge-ordered phase produces a large optical gap energy of similar to0.4 eV. At T<T-C, at least two absorption bands newly emerge below 0.4 eV. Analyses of sigma(omega) indicate that the bands should be attributed to a ferromagnetic metallic phase and a charge-disordered phase that coexist with the charge-ordered phase. This optical study clearly shows that La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3(y approximate to 0.35) is composed of multiphases that might have different lattice strains.
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