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Two-dimensional ferromagnetic ordering and magnetoresistance in the layered perovskite La{sub 2{minus}2x}Ca{sub 1+2x}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-01 (Japan)

The resistivity and magnetization of layered perovskite La{sub 2{minus}2x}Ca{sub 1+2x}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7} have been studied systematically using bulk samples with a wide doping concentration range 0{le}x{le}0.5 and epitaxial thin film samples with x=0.3. The system becomes a metallic ferromagnet for doping concentrations 0.22{le}x{le}0.5. In this doping region, results for bulk samples as well as for thin films have clearly shown that there are two types of ferromagnetic ordering, possibly originating from an anisotropic exchange interaction. Magnetoresistance is observed over a wide temperature range below the ferromagnetic ordering temperatures. Based on these results, a model of temperature-dependent spin ordering is presented for a double perovskite ferromagnet, which suggests that there is a two-dimensional ferromagnetic alignment at temperatures between the two ordering temperatures. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
538574
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 56; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English