Direct observation of magnetic domains in phase separated Nd0.7Ca0.3MnO3 single crystals

Authors

Xiaojuan Fan, Marshall UniversityFollow
Hideomi Koinuma
Tetsuya Hasegawa

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2002

Abstract

The magnetic properties of single-crystalline Nd_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ were studied with both macroscopic and microscopic probes. The magnetization shows large irreversibility behavior between zero-field-cooled and field-cooled data at low field, suggesting a phase separation driven by competition between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases. The scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscope observations under zero field gave clear evidence that the compound includes ferromagnetic regions as the ground state below T_c. It was also found that two different phase-separated states appear, depending on temperature. At T∼125 K, weak but finite spontaneous magnetization develops, while the magnetization is abruptly enhanced below 95 K, possibly reflecting an increase of the volume fraction of the ferromagnetic region. The present results support the phase separation scenario that fine ferromagnetic particles embedded in an antiferromagnetic matrix are magnetostatically coupled to each other to form a network of macroscopic sizes.

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The version of record may be accessed at http://prb.aps.org/pdf/PRB/v65/i14/e144401.

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Recommended Citation

Fan, X., Koinuma, H., & Hasegawa, T. (2002). Direct observation of magnetic domains in phase separated Nd0.7Ca0.3MnO3 single crystals. Physical Review B, 65(14), 144401.