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Charge-carrier density collapse in and epitaxial thin films
Gerhard JakobF. MartinW. WesterburgJ.a.a.j. PerenboomP.j.m. Van Bentumsubject
Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsTransition temperatureAtmospheric temperature rangeCondensed Matter PhysicsMagnetic hysteresisElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsCondensed Matter::Materials ScienceMagnetizationFerromagnetismElectrical resistivity and conductivityHall effectCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsCharge carrierdescription
We measured the temperature dependence of the linear high field pH of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 Tc = 232K) and La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Tc = 345K) thin films in the temperature range from 4 K up to 360 K in magnetic fields up to 20 T. At low temperatures we find a charge-carrier density of 1.3 and 1.4 holes per unit cell for the Ca- and Sr-doped compound, respectively. In this temperature range electron-magnon scattering contributes to the longitudinal resistivity. At the ferromagnetic transition temperature Tc a dramatic drop in the number of charge-carriers n down to 0.6 holes per unit cell, accompanied by an increase in unit cell volume, is observed. Corrections of the Hall data due to a non saturated magnetic state will lead a more pronounced charge-carrier density collapse.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2000-03-01 | The European Physical Journal B |