Quantum matter in high magnetic fields

Abstract:

We report a series of muSR measurements performed on single crystals of La1-x,SrxMnO3, (0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.125) and on a polycrystalline bilayer manganite La2-2x Sr1+2xMn2O7 (v = 0.52). We find that the temperature dependence of the spinlattice relaxation rate is strongl, dependent on the hole doping and the associated changes in the magnetic structure. Y The systems have competing, anisotropic interactions, leading to a complex interplay of charge, spin and orbital order. This has a significant influence on the spin dynamics, both for perovskite and layered manganites. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Abstract:

Polycrystalline samples of Sr3MnRuO7 and Sr2Mn0.5Ru0.5O4 have been synthesized and characterized by neutron diffraction, dc magnetometry, and magnetotransport measurements. They are, respectively, n = 2 and n = 1 members of the Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) An+1BnO3n+1 family; both have tetragonal (I4/mmm) symmetry and a disordered distribution of Ru and Mn over the six-coordinate sites within the perovskite layers of the RP structure. Neither compound shows long-range magnetic order at 2 K, but a spin-glass transition is observed at 16 K (n = 1) or 25 K (n = 2). In the case of the n = 2 compound only, the magnetic transition is accompanied by a reduction in the zero-field electrical conductivity. A maximum magnetoresistance of ∼8% in 14 T is found in both compounds.