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S. K. Sinha

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arXiv1999

Observation of Kosterlitz-Thouless spin correlations in the colossally magnetoresistive layered manganite $La_{1.2}Sr_{1.8}Mn_{2}O_{7}$

The spin correlations of the bilayer manganite $La_{1.2}Sr_{1.8}Mn_{2}O_{7}$ have been studied using neutron scattering. On cooling within the paramagnetic state, we observe purely two-dimensional behavior with a crossover to three-dimensional scaling close to the ferromagnetic transition. Below $T_C$, an effective finite size behavior is observed. The quantitative agreement of these observations with the conventional quasi two-dimensional Kosterlitz-Thouless model indicates that the phase transition is driven by the growth of magnetic correlations, which are only weakly coupled to polarons above $T_C$.

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arXiv1999

Charge melting and polaron collapse in $La_{1.2}Sr_{1.8}Mn_{2}O_{7}$

X-ray and neutron scattering measurements directly demonstrate the existence of polarons in the paramagnetic phase of optimally-doped colossal magnetoresistive oxides. The polarons exhibit short-range correlations that grow with decreasing temperature, but disappear abruptly at the ferromagnetic transition because of the sudden charge delocalization. The "melting" of the charge ordering as we cool through $T_C$ occurs with the collapse of the quasi-static polaron scattering, and provides important new insights into the relation of polarons to colossal magnetoresistance.

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arXiv1997

Neutron scattering investigation of magnetic bilayer correlations in $La_{1.2}Sr_{1.8}Mn_2O_7$

Neutron scattering investigations of the paramagnetic correlations in the layered manganite La$_{1.2}$Sr$_{1.8}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$, which exhibits colossal magnetoresistance above the Curie transition at T$_C$ = 112 K, show that spins in neighboring layers within each bilayer are strongly canted at an average angle that is dependent on both the magnetic field and temperature, as predicted by de Gennes. The in-plane correlation length does not diverge at T$_C$, although the magnetic Bragg intensity obeys critical scaling below T$_C$, with the same temperature dependence as the zero-field electrical conductance.

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