Colossal magnetoresistive manganites |
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Authors: | Y Tokura Y Tomioka |
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Institution: | a Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan b Joint Research Center for Atom technology, Tsukuba 305-0046, Japan |
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Abstract: | Magnetoelectronic features of the perovskite-type manganites are overviewed in the light of the mechanism of the colossal magnetoresistance (CMR). The essential ingredient of the CMR physics is not only the double-exchange interaction but also other competing interactions, such as ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic superexchange interactions and charge/orbital ordering instabilities as well as their strong coupling with the lattice deformation. In particular, the orbital degree of freedom of the conduction electrons in the near-degenerate 3d eg state plays an essential role in producing the unconventional metal–insulator phenomena in the manganites via strong coupling with spin, charge, and lattice degrees of freedom. Insulating or poorly conducting states arise from the long or short-range correlations of charge and orbital, but can be mostly melted or turned into the orbital-disordered conducting state by application of a magnetic field, producing the CMR or the insulator–metal transition. |
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Keywords: | Colossal magnetoresistance Manganese oxides Double-exchange interaction Orbital ordering Charge ordering |
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