Two-phase paramagnetic-ferromagnetic state of La<Subscript>0.7</Subscript>Pb<Subscript>0.3</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3</Subscript> single-crystal lanthanum manganite

Two phases, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic, were shown by the magnetic resonance method to coexist below the temperature T _C in La_0.7Pb_0.3MnO₃ single crystals exhibiting colossal magnetoresistance. The magnetic resonance spectra were studied in the frequency range 10–78 GHz. The specific features in the behavior of the spectral parameters were observed to be the strongest at the temperatures corresponding to the maximum magnetoresistance in the crystals. The concentration ratios of the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic phases in the samples were found to be sensitive to variations in temperature and external magnetic field. This behavior suggests realization of the electronic phase separation mechanism in the system under study.     

Magnetic and magneto-lattice dynamics in GdMn<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>5</Subscript>

The dynamics of magnetoelectric RMn₂O₅ crystals (R=Eu and Gd) was studied in the frequency and temperature ranges 20–300 GHz and 5–50 K, respectively. The crystals possessed magnetic and ferroelectric long-range order and had close transition temperatures, T_{N, C}?36 and 30 K for R=Eu and Gd, respectively. Mixed magneto-lattice excitations were observed in GdMn₂O₅; the excitations were most intense near the transition temperature T?30 K at frequencies close to the antiferromagnetic resonance frequencies of the Mn subsystem. Along with the antiferromagnetic resonance of the Mn subsystem, the ferromagnetic resonance of the Gd subsystem was observed in GdMn₂O₅ in an external magnetic field. No such dynamics was characteristic of EuMn₂O₅.     

ESR study of magnetic structures in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3

Comprehensive measurements of electron spin resonance (ESR) and magnetization of La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ in the ferromagnetic as well as paramagnetic phases were carried out. Quantitative evidences for the inhomogeneous magnetic structure, consisting of ferromagnetic microregions embedded in the antiferromagnetic surrounding near T_c, were found. It is suggested that the microscopic local magnetic structures above and below T_c are qualitatively similar except that the phase below T_c carries long range order between the ferromagnetic microregions whose sizes grow with decreasing temperature.     

Magnetoresistance of the compound CeRu2Ge2

In this work we present a magnetoresistance study on the CeRu₂Ge₂ compound. We analyze the ρ(T) curves for several applied magnetic fields using the electron–magnon scattering model for a ferromagnetic spin arrangement. From this analysis, the field dependence of the energy gap of the magnon spectrum is obtained. The magnetoresistance ρ(H) at various temperatures arises from a normal metal contribution with an additional scattering mechanism due to electron–magnon interaction.     

Magnetic and transport properties of colossal magnetoresistance compound EuB<Subscript>6</Subscript>

The galvanomagnetic and magnetic properties of EuB₆ single crystal have been measured over wide temperature (1.8–300 K) and magnetic-field (up to 70 kOe) ranges, and the parameters of charge carriers and the characteristics of the magnetic subsystem are estimated in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic (T < T _C ≈ 13.9 K) phases of this compound with strong electron correlations. In the temperature range T < T* ≈ 80 K, a magnetoresistance hysteresis Δρ(H)/ρ(0) is detected; it reaches a maximum amplitude of about 5% at T ≈ 12 K. The anomalies of charge transport observed in the temperature range T _C < T < T* are shown to be related to the magnetic scattering of charge carriers (m _eff = (15–30)m ₀, where m ₀ is the free-electron mass) that results from a short-range magnetic order appearing upon the formation of ferromagnetic nanoregions (ferrons).     

Influence of zeolite water on paramagnetic and ferromagnetic resonances in the Co2[Nb(CN)8] · 8H2O molecular magnet

The contributions of Co²⁺ and Nb⁴⁺ ions to the high-frequency dynamic magnetic susceptibility of the Co₂[Nb(CN)₈] · 8H₂O molecular magnet in the paramagnetic state at T > 12 K are separated. It is found that the ferromagnetic ordering, which leads to the reconstruction of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum into the ferromagnetic resonance spectrum, occurs at T < 12 K. The influence of zeolite water on the spectra of the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic resonances is found. Dehydration leads to a decrease in the time of the spin relaxation of the ferromagnetic system from 50 ps to 17 ps at T = 4 K and to the variation in the temperature dependences of the widths of the lines and g factors in the electron spin resonance spectra.     

Ferromagnetic spin fluctuations in antiferromagnetic Pr1−xCaxMnO3: An ESR study

Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements have been performed on polycrystalline samples of Pr_1−xCa_xMnO₃ (x=0.4, 0.5) in the temperature range of 100-300 K. The temperature dependence of ESR intensity, g value and linewidth shows the existence of ferromagnetic spin correlations in the paramagnetic state. With decreasing temperature, the ferromagnetic spin correlations switch to antiferromagnetic spin correlations in the charge ordering state and vanish at the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature T_N.     

Detection of vortex excitations in a Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>Sr<Subscript>2</Subscript>Ca<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>10</Subscript> crystal at temperatures above the critical temperature by EPR of the surface layer

Vortex excitations have been detected at temperatures both below and above the critical temperature when investigating local magnetic fields on the surface of a Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ single crystal by means of an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) probe. A thin layer of a diphenyl picrylhydrazyl organic radical deposited on the crystal surface is used as the EPR probe. A narrow EPR signal makes it possible to detect weak distortions of the magnetic field appearing at T ≿ T _c. The analysis of the temperature dependences of the resonance field and the EPR linewidth is thebasis of the assumption of the vortex nature of magnetic excitations in this temperature range.     

Vortex Excitations Above Tc in the Cuprate Superconductor Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 as Revealed by ESR

Using electron spin resonance (ESR) technique we have obtained data evidencing the existence of magnetic vortices in high-temperature superconductors at temperatures above the critical one T _c. We have studied magnetic excitations in Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ single crystals above T _c with the method of surface spin decoration. The surface layer of diphenylpicrylhydrazyl was used as a sensitive probe of magnetic field distortions. The temperature dependence of the ESR signal parameters has indicated that far above T _c the magnetic flux of a sample is affected by the superconducting order parameter fluctuations while close to T _c its changes are due to vortex-type excitations.     

Study on new magnetization property and its micro‐mechanism that occurred in anti‐ferromagnetic NiO nanoflowers with nearly uniform size

Temperature‐dependent magnetization and magnon Raman spectra were measured for anti‐ferromagnetic NiO‐nanoflowers. The results show several new magnetic behaviors, including the appearance of a ferromagnetic phase, a reduced Néel temperature (T_N) and a reduced Curie temperature (T_C). The temperature dependencies of the double magnon (2M) Raman wavenumber and intensity are similar to those of magnetization. A magnetic granules model (MGM) consisted of a crystalline core enclosed by a shell is proposed. The model suggests that the large quantity of spins induced by specific surface effect in the shell plays a key role in nano‐magnetism. Based on the MGM, the micro‐mechanism of the observed new magnetic behavior is understood by the magnon Raman spectra. The MGM is based on the general features of magnetic nano‐particles, and thus it should be generally applicable to common magnetic nano‐particles. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electron spin resonance analysis of magnetic structures in La2/3Ca1/3MnO3

Measurements of electron spin resonance (ESR) of La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ (LCMO) in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases were carried out. Phase transition and temperature dependence of the peak-to-peak ESR linewidth were determined. The transition temperature between ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases was observed at 265 K. A prominent increase of the peak-to-peak linewidth with decreasing temperature below T_c was observed. Using the dynamic scale theory and block spin transformation in critical phenomenon, the quantitative calculation of peak-to-peak linewidth at near T_c was made, which was in good agreement with the experimental data. It was believed that the long interactions between the ferromagnetic microregions for LCMO played a key role in determining the ESR linewidth.     

Magnetic and Magnetoresonance Properties of the Solid Solution Hg0.5Cd0.4Cr0.1Se

The results of studying the magnetic and magnetoresonance properties of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Hg_0.5Cd_0.4Cr_0.1Se are presented. Microanalysis of the samples shows that the introduction of cadmium and chromium elements into the host HgSe matrix leads to the formation in the crystal of the four-component compound HgCdCrSe with the high chromium content [Cr (18.96 %)] and the three-component compound HgCdSe. The measured temperature dependence of the crystal magnetization illustrates the transition to ferromagnetic ordering at the Curie temperature T _C = 126 K. It is noted that the measured magnetization value points out the indicates the presence of both Cr³⁺ and Cr²⁺ ions in the compound HgCdCrSe, which is responsible for the magnetic and magnetoresonance properties of the sample under test. The electron paramagnetic resonance studies are carried out on the an X-band spectrometer in the temperature range 77 K < T < 300 K. The angular dependences of electron paramagnetic resonance spectra are shown in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic temperature ranges. As follows from the analysis of experimental data, the aforementioned transition is accompanied by the evolution of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum at changing the temperature and the orientation of the sample relative to the static magnetic field in the ferromagnetic temperature range. In the assumption of the g-tensor axial symmetry the components of the latter are determined and the different law of their temperature changing is revealed in the ferromagnetic ordering state of the sample.     

Study of magnetotransport in double-layered La1.4Ca1.6Mn2O7 manganite: Presence of nano-ferromagnetic domains in paramagnetic matrix

Double-layered manganite La_1.4Ca_1.6Mn₂O₇ has been synthesized using the solid-state reaction method. It had a metal-to-insulator transition at temperature T_M1≈127 K. The temperature dependence of ac susceptibility showed a broad ferromagnetic transition. The two-dimensional (2D)-ferromagnetic ordering temperature (T_C2) was observed as ≈245 K. The temperature dependence of its low-field magnetoresistance has been studied. The low-field magnetoresistance of double-layered manganite, in the temperature regions between T_M1 and T_C2, has been found to follow 1/T⁵. The observed behaviour of temperature dependence of resistivity and low-field magnetoresistance has been explained in terms of two-phase model where ferromagnetic domains exist in the matrix of paramagnetic regions in which spin-dependent tunneling of charge carriers occurs between the ferromagnetic correlated regions. Based on the two-phase model, the dimension of these ferromagnetic domains inside the paramagnetic matrix has been estimated as ∼12 Å.     

Electron spin resonance study of Fe doping effect in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3

Electron spin resonance (ESR) study was carried out on La_0.67Ca_0.33Mn_1−xFe_xO₃ (x=0.0, 0.04) samples. The temperature dependence of the ESR spectra indicates the presence of phase separation above and below T_C in x=0.0 and 0.04 sample, respectively. The increase of the g-value in the high-temperature region indicates the existence of local spin correlations even in the paramagnetic state. The activation energy obtained from both the temperature dependence of the ESR intensity and linewidth exhibits a smaller value in the Fe-doped sample. Our study suggests that the ferromagnetic spin correlations would be significantly weakened by a slight doping of Fe ions on Mn sites.     

Electron spin resonance study of bulk and nanosized La0.875Sr0.125MnO3

The structural, transport and electron spin resonance properties of bulk and nanosized La_0.875Sr_0.125MnO₃ prepared by a sol-gel method have been investigated. The bulk sample has an orthorhombic structure and a ferromagnetic insulating ground state. The ESR spectra indicate the coexistence of the ferromagnetic insulating and ferromagnetic metallic phases below T_C. In addition to a sharp peak in the vicinity of T_C, another sharp peak close to is clearly observed in the intensity of the spectra, which may be correlated with the structural transition and orbital ordering at this temperature. For the nanosized sample, a drastically different behavior is found. With a rhombohedral structure down to 70 K, the nanosized sample shows a ferromagnetic metallic ground state. The ESR studies reveal the coexistence of the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance signals. The resonance intensity shows a broad peak around 200 K, which may be due to the wide ferromagnetic transition in the nanoparticle.     

钙钛矿Mn基氧化物的电子顺磁共振行为的实验研究

借助电子顺磁共振技术,对Mn³⁺/Mn⁴⁺=2∶1和1∶1的两个典型体系 在居里温度T_C以上温区的顺磁行为进行了实验研究.实验表明,存在一特征温度 T_min,通过该温度将T_C以上的磁行为分成两个明显可区分的温区： 在T_min以上,共振谱由一对称的单线构成,Lande 因子g值与温度无关且接近 自由电子的值(～20023),线宽随温度呈线性变化等;而在T_{min关键词： 稀土锰氧化物 电子顺磁共振 交换变窄 自旋-自旋相互作用 自旋-晶格相互作用}     

Electron spin resonance and longitudinal relaxation around phase transition in La0.9Ca0.1 MnO3

With original modulation technique, the longitudinal electron spin-relaxation timeT ₁ has been measured in the La_1-xCa_xMnO₃ manganite (x = 0.1) both in the paramagnetic state and around the temperature (T _c) of the ferromagnetic ordering. The data are compared with the evolution of the transverse relaxation time T₂ as determined from the electron spin resonance (ESR) linewidth. Well above T_c, theT ₁ =T ₂ equality was confirmed, whereas a steep slowing down ofT ₂ was observed asT _c was approached (theT ₁/T₂ ratio increased by two orders of magnitude). The temperature dependence ofT ₁ within the whole temperature range was found to be consistent with that ofT · χ(T), where χ(T) is the electron-spin susceptibility obtained from the ESR absorption area. The interpretation suggests that both the longitudinal and transverse electron-spin relaxation rates are governed by strong exchange interaction between the Mn ions, the ESR linewidth being inhomogeneously broadened in the vicinity of the phase transition.     

Electron spin resonance in Ge0.99Mn0.01 nanowires

Electron spin resonance (ESR) is measured in arrays of Ge_0.99Mn_0.01 nanowires (NWs). We show that the ESR spectrum comprises four lines corresponding to the different magnetic subsystems. Two lines are attributed to spin-wave excitations in the Mn⁺³ ion subsystem. The third component corresponds to the resonance in the Mn⁺² ions. The last component has an asymmetric Dyson form and characterizes the resonance in the mobile paramagnetic centers. We demonstrate that temperature dependences of ESR parameters are correlated in subsystems of the localized magnetic centers (Mn⁺³ and Mn⁺² ions) and delocalized band carriers. It implies the presence of exchange interactions between the localized Mn ions and spin-polarized carriers.     

Critical nuclear relaxation in cobalt metal

Nuclear magnetic resonance of cobalt metal was investigated in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states and in the critical region below T_c. The Knight shift and spin lattice relaxation times were measured in the paramagnetic phase in the solid and liquid states from 1578 K to 1825 K. The resonant frequency, spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times were measured in the ferromagnetic phase from room temperature to 1385 K. The main part of (T₁T)^-1 results from fluctuating orbital moments in both phases except near T_c where this process forms the background for critical spin relaxation. The critical exponents for T^-1₁ and for the magnetization in the ferromagnetic state were found to be n' = 0.96 ± 0.07 and β = 0.308 ± 0.012, respectively.     

High-temperature properties of the manganites: Manifestation of a paramagnetic-phase inhomogeneity?

An analysis was made of the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, and magnetoresistance of (La_1?yPr_y)_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ samples differing in Pr content and enriched in the oxygen isotope ¹⁸O. At high temperatures, all samples were paramagnetic insulators, while below 60 K, part of them transferred to a ferromagnetic metallic state. All the samples exhibit practically identical behavior of the susceptibility, resistivity, and magnetoresistance in the high-temperature region, despite a noticeable difference between their properties at low temperatures; more specifically, the magnetoresistance grows quadratically with magnetic field within a broad range of temperatures and magnetic fields and scales with increasing temperature close to 1/T⁵. A combined analysis of the magnetic susceptibility and magnetoresistance indicates the possible existence of an inhomogeneous state with considerable ferromagnetic correlations in the paramagnetic region.