Microscopic spin interactions in the CMR manganites
Fernandez-Baca, J. A. · Dai, Pengcheng · Kawano-Furukawa, H. · Yoshizawa, H. · Plummer, E. W. · Katano, S. · Tomioka, Y. · Tokura, Y.
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Using inelastic neutron scattering we measured the microscopic magnetic coupling associated with the ferromagnetic (FM) clusters of the ``colossal magnetoresistance'' (CMR) compound Pr₀.₇₀Ca₀.₃₀MnO₃. When the insulating to metal (I-M) transition is induced by an external magnetic field there is a discontinuous change in the spin-wave stiffness constant. This result indicates that the probed regions undergo a first-order transition from an insulating to a metallic state, and that there are no FM metallic domains in the insulating region. We argue that the I-M transition in the CMR manganites is more complex than the simple percolation of large FM metallic clusters.
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