稀土掺杂锰氧化物庞磁电阻效应

过去十多年来，具有庞磁电阻效应的稀土掺杂锰氧化物成为了凝聚态物理研究的重要领域。锰氧化物的载流子自旋极化率高，且在居里温度附近表现出很大的磁电阻效应，因此在自旋电子学中有潜在的应用前景。另一方面，锰氧化物是典型的强关联电子体系，它对目前有关强关联体系的认识提出了很大挑战。本文综述了锰氧化物的各种性质及其物理原因。全文首先概述了锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应及其晶格和电子结构，简单介绍了其他一些庞磁电阻材料；随后综述了锰氧化物的电荷／轨道有序相及其输运性质；在第四部分简单介绍了锰氧化物中庞磁电阻效应的机制；最后讨论了锰氧化物的一些可能的应用，如低场磁电阻效应、磁隧道结、磁p-n结以及全钙钛矿的场效应管和自旋极化电子注入装置等。     

Boson peak in Sm-Al-Co ternary metallic glasses and its possible structural origin

The low temperature specific heat of Sm-Al-Co ternary metallic glasses is investigated and a clear anomaly associated with the Boson peak is identified. While this anomaly depends slightly on the chemical composition, it has no dependence on external magnetic field. To figure out the mechanism of the Boson peak, we interpret the data within various model frameworks. Unlike earlier work, our study shows that this Boson peak is mainly ascribed to an additional T² term of the specific heat, which may originate from the quasi-two-dimensional and short-range ordered structure units possibly existing in the metallic glasses.     

Ferrimagnetism and abnormal spin lattice coupling in dilute magnetic ferroelectric (Bi0.46 Na0.46 Ba0.08)TiO3:Co

We have investigated the low-temperature magnetism and spin-lattice coupling in (Bi 0.46 Na 0.46 Ba 0.08)TiO 3:Co in order to understand the magnetoelectric effect in such artificially synthesized dilute magnetic ferroelectrics.It is revealed that the as-prepared (Bi 0.46 Na 0.46 Ba 0.08)TiO 3:Co at Co content of 20%～30% exhibits fascinating ferrimagnetism which is robust against magnetic field,the abnormal spin-lattice coupling characterized by a negative magnetostriction effect;and the suppressed magnetic moment within the temperature range of 30 K～50 K is identified.These magnetic behaviours at low temperatures can be explained by the competition between the ferrimagnetic response and the magnetic moment suppression induced by the abnormal spin-lattice coupling effect.Finally,the ferroelectric and magnetodielectric properties are also discussed.     

Ferroelectricity in a diatomic Ising chain as investigated by the elastic Ising model

An elastic Ising model for a one-dimensional diatomic spin chain is proposed to explain the ferroelectricity induced by the collinear magnetic order with a low-excited energy state. A statistical theory based on this model is developed to calculate the electrical and magnetic properties of Ca₃CoMnO₆, a typical quasi-one-dimensional diatomic spin chain system. The calculated ferroelectric polarization and dielectric susceptibility show a good agreement with recently reported data on Ca₃Co_2-xMn_xO₆ (x ≈0.96) (Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 047601 (2008)), although the predicted magnetic susceptibility does not coincide well with experiment. We also address the rationality and deficiency of this model by including a first-order correction which improves the consistency between the model and experiment.     

稀土掺杂锰氧化物庞磁电阻效应

过去十多年来,具有庞磁电阻效应的稀土掺杂锰氧化物成为了凝聚态物理研究的重要领域。锰氧化物的载流子自旋极化率高,且在居里温度附近表现出很大的磁电阻效应,因此在自旋电子学中有潜在的应用前景。另一方面,锰氧化物是典型的强关联电子体系,它对目前有关强关联体系的认识提出了很大挑战。本文综述了锰氧化物的各种性质及其物理原因。全文首先概述了锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应及其晶格和电子结构,简单介绍了其他一些庞磁电阻材料;随后综述了锰氧化物的电荷/轨道有序相及其输运性质;在第四部分简单介绍了锰氧化物中庞磁电阻效应的机制;最后讨论了锰氧化物的一些可能的应用,如低场磁电阻效应、磁隧道结、磁p＿n结以及全钙钛矿的场效应管和自旋极化电子注入装置等。     

Ferroelectricity in diatomic Ising chain as investigated by elastic Ising model

An elastic Ising model for a one-dimensional diatomic spin chain is proposed to explain the ferroelectricity induced by the collinear magnetic order with a low-excited energy state. A statistical theory based on this model is developed to calculate the electrical and magnetic properties of Ca₃CoMnO₆, a typical quasi-one-dimensional diatomic spin chain system. The calculated ferroelectric polarization and dielectric susceptibility show a good agreement with recently reported data on Ca₃Co_2-xMn_xO₆ (x ≈0.96) (Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 047601 (2008)), although the predicted magnetic susceptibility does not coincide well with experiment. We also address the rationality and deficiency of this model by including a first-order correction which improves the consistency between the model and experiment.     

稀土锰氧化物的低场磁电阻效应

具有庞磁电阻效应的掺杂稀土锰氧化物因为其高的自旋极化率和自旋极化输运行为而表现出显著的低场磁电阻效应。这一效应在氧化物自旋电子学中有着深远的潜在应用前景。本文综述了国内外近年来在锰氧化物低场磁电阻增强这一研究领域的进展和存在的一些问题。全文分三个部分，首先概述了基于自旋极化散射和自旋极化隧穿两种输运机制的磁电阻理论；然后重点介绍掺杂稀土锰氧化物低场磁电阻增强的主要研究进展，这些进展背后的基本物理图象是通过人为引入自旋无序介质形成自旋极化散射和自旋极化隧穿，从而增强其低场磁电阻；第三部分讨论了基于掺杂稀土锰氧化物的磁性隧道结制备和输运性质。本文最后提出了锰氧化物低场磁电阻增强研究应该关注的一些物理问题。