Published April 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Antiferromagnetic Short Range Order in a Two-Dimensional Manganite Exhibiting Giant Magnetoresistance

  • 1. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
  • 2. NEC, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)
  • 3. JRCAT, Tsukuba 305 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo 113 (Japan)

Description

The bilayer manganite La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7 exhibits a transition between nearly insulating paramagnetic and metallic ferromagnetic states at TC=126K. We use magnetic neutron scattering to show that the paramagnetic state contains long-lived antiferromagnetic clusters coexisting with ferromagnetic critical fluctuations. The principal implication is that at least in two dimensions, Anderson localization effects must also be taken into account in attempts to explain giant magnetoresistance in manganites. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 3197-3200.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO