Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-07-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.246401
Magnetite (Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$) is a mixed valent system where electronic conductivity occurs on the B-site (octahedral) iron sublattice of the spinel structure. Below $T_{V}=122$ K, a metal-insulator transition occurs which is argued to arise from the charge ordering of 2+ and 3+ iron valences on the B-sites (Verwey transition). Inelastic neutron scattering measurements show that optical spin waves propagating on the B-site sublattice ($\sim$80 meV) are shifted upwards in energy above $T_{V}$ due to the occurrence of B-B ferromagnetic double exchange in the mixed valent metallic phase. The double exchange interaction affects only spin waves of $\Delta_{5}$ symmetry, not all modes, indicating that valence fluctuations are slow and the double exchange is constrained by electron correlations above $T_{V}$.
Chang Sandy
Honig J.
McQueeney Robert J.
Metcalf P.
Montfrooij Wouter
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