Magnetically driven electronic phase separation in the semimetallic ferromagnet EuB6
Magnetically driven electronic phase separation in the semimetallic ferromagnet EuB6
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.86.184425
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发表时间:
2012-04
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
P. Das;A. Amyan;J. Brandenburrg;J. Muller;P. Xiong;S. V. Moln'ar;Z. Fisk
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P. Das;A. Amyan;J. Brandenburrg;J. Muller;P. Xiong;S. V. Moln'ar;Z. Fisk
Author(s): Das, P; Amyan, A; Brandenburg, J; Muller, J; Xiong, P; Von Molnar, S; Fisk, Z | Abstract: Combined measurements of fluctuation spectroscopy and weak nonlinear transport of the semimetallic ferromagnet EuB 6 reveal unambiguous evidence for magnetically driven electronic phase separation consistent with the picture of percolation of magnetic polarons (MP), which form highly conducting magnetically ordered clusters in a paramagnetic and "poorly conducting" background. These different parts of the conducting network are probed separately by the noise spectroscopy/nonlinear transport and the conventional linear resistivity. We suggest a comprehensive and "universal" scenario for the MP percolation, which occurs at a critical magnetization either induced by ferromagnetic order at zero field or externally applied magnetic fields in the paramagnetic region. © 2012 American Physical Society.