Published February 16, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Sharp step-like metamagnetic transition in the charge-ordered manganite compound (La0.3Eu0.2)(Ca0.3Sr0.2)MnO3

  • 1. Department of Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot 360 005 (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
  • 3. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005 (India)

Description

We have performed transport, magnetization and specific heat measurements on the ABO3-type half-doped (La0.3Eu0.2)(Ca0.3Sr0.2)MnO3 (LECSMO) manganite. At T = 2 K, a sharp step-like metamagnetic transition in the magnetization with a critical field of 3.3 T is observed. The transition is much sharper than that seen at higher temperatures (T≥3 K). Such step-like transitions have previously been reported only in Pr-based manganites, but the present data show that the step-like metamagnetism can also be found in other manganite compounds

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/17/989/cm5_6_016.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 989-994
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL