Impurity-induced transition to a Mott insulator in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$

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2005-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509227v1

Phys. Rev. B 72, 092404 (2005).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.092404

The electrical, magnetic, and structural properties of Sr$_3$(Ru$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$)$_2$O$_7$ (0 $\leq x \leq$ 0.2) are investigated. The parent compound Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ is a paramagnetic metal, critically close to magnetic order. We have found that, with a Ru-site doping by only a few percent of Mn, the ground state is switched from a paramagnetic metal to an antiferromagnetic insulator. Optical conductivity measurements show the opening of a gap as large as 0.1 eV, indicating that the metal-to-insulator transition is driven by the electron correlation. The complex low-temperature antiferromagnetic spin arrangement, reminiscent of those observed in some nickelates and manganites, suggests a long range orbital order.

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