Bilayer splitting and c-axis coupling in bilayer manganites showing colossal magnetoresistance

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By performing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the bilayer colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganite, La₂₋₂ₓSr₁₊₂ₓMn₂O₇, we provide the complete mapping of the Fermi level spectral weight topology. Clear and unambiguous bilayer splitting of the in-plane 3dₓ₂₋y₂ band, mapped throughout the Brillouin zone, and the full mapping of the 3d₃z₂₋ᵣ₂ band are reported. Peculiar doping and temperature dependencies of these bands imply that as transition from the ferromagnetic metallic phase approaches, either as a function of doping or temperature, coherence along the c-axis between planes within the bilayer is lost, resulting in reduced interplane coupling. These results suggest that interplane coupling plays a large role in the CMR transition.