DOUBLE EXCHANGE VIA DEGENERATE ORBITALS
DOUBLE EXCHANGE VIA DEGENERATE ORBITALS
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通过简并轨道的双重交换
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.82.1016
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
D. Khomskii
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作者:
J. Brink;D. Khomskii
We consider the double exchange for systems in which doped electrons occupy degenerate orbitals, treating the realistic situation with double degenerate eg orbitals. We show that the orbital degeneracy leads in general to the formation of anisotropic magnetic structures and that, in particular, depending on the doping concentration, the layered magnetic structures of the A-type and the chainlike structures of the C-type are stabilized. The phase diagram that we obtain provides an explanation for the experimentally observed magnetic structures of some overdoped (electron-doped) manganites of the type Nd12xSrxMnO3 ,P r 1 2 xSrxMnO3, and Sm12xCaxMnO3, with x . 0.5. [S0031-9007(98)08277-5] PACS numbers: 75.30.Et, 75.30.Vn The double-exchange (DE) model [1 ‐ 3] is one of the main models of ferromagnetism in metallic systems. The interest in this model was renewed recently in connection with the active study of the manganites with colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) [4]. Although it is not yet clear whether DE alone can explain the CMR in manganites [5], and there are some problems with the model itself (e.g., the tendency to phase separation [6 ‐ 9]), the double-exchange mechanism is a necessary ingredient for the theoretical understanding of the CMR effect [5,10] and remains the main explanation at least of the presence of the ferromagnetic state in doped manganites of the type La12xMxMnO3 (M › Ca, Sr). Most experimental data in the study of the CMR materials are obtained for the hole-doped manganites (x , 0.5) as it is usually in this doping range that CMR is observed. Recently, however, interesting data appeared on the properties of overdoped (or electron-doped) manganites (x . 0.5). Theoretically, in a conventional DE model one expects qualitatively similar behavior for small x and for x , 1. Experimentally, however, there exists a very strong asymmetry. The behavior of doped manganites for x , 0.5 and x . 0.5 is drastically different. In particular, a very stable insulating stripe phase is observed for x . 0.5 with the period determined by doping [11],