Pressure-tuning of the electron-phonon coupling: the insulator to metal transition in manganites

Details Pressure-tuning of the electron-phonon coupling: the insulator to metal transition in manganites Pressure-tuning of the electron-phonon coupling: the insulator to metal transition in manganites

2003-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0301452v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 175501 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

8 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.175501

A comprehensive understanding of the physical origin of the unique magnetic and transport properties of A_(1-x)A'^xMnO_3 manganites (A = trivalent rare-earth and A' = divalent alkali-earth metal) is still far from being achieved. The complexity of these systems arises from the interplay among several competing interactions of comparable strength. Recently the electron-phonon coupling, triggered by a Jahn-Teller distortion of the MnO_6 octahedra, has been recognised to play an essential role in the insulator to metal transition and in the closely related colossal magneto-resistance. The pressure tuning of the octahedral distortion gives a unique possibility to separate the basic interactions and, at least in principle, to follow the progressive transformation of a manganite from an intermediate towards a weak electron-phonon coupling regime. Using a diamond anvil cell, temperature and pressure-dependent infrared absorption spectra of La_(0.75)Ca_(0.25)MnO_3 have been collected and, from the spectral weight analysis, the pressure dependence of the insulator to metal transition temperature T_IM has been determined for the first time up to 11.2 GPa. The T_IM(P) curve we proposed to model the present data revealed a universality character in accounting for the whole class of intermediate coupling compounds. This property can be exploited to distinguish the intermediate from the weak coupling compounds pointing out the fundamental differences between the two coupling regimes.

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