Low energy spin-wave excitations in the bilayer manganite La{sub 1.2}Sr{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7}.
Inelastic neutron scattering experiments were performed on a single crystal of the bilayer manganite La{sub 1.2}Sr{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7}. Low energy spin-wave excitations were observed along the c direction with a maximum energy of {approx} 0.5 meV at the zone boundary. The dispersion of these acoustic spin wave modes is modeled by a nearest-neighbor Heisenberg model with an inter-bilayer exchange interaction between neighboring spins in different bilayers of 0.048(1) meV and an anisotropy gap of {Delta} = 0.077(3) meV. These results confirm the two-dimensional nature of the spin-correlations in the bilayer manganites, with a ratio of the in-plane to inter-bilayer interaction of {approx}200. The temperature dependence of the energies and intensities of the spin wave excitations are in agreement with our earlier conclusion that the ferromagnetic transition is second-order.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 750481
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/CP-99499
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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