Hall resistivity in ferromagnetic manganese-oxide compounds

The transport properties of manganese-oxides are studied using the spin correlation fluctuation scattering mechanism. It is shown that the Hall resistivity in a small magnetic field exhibits a maximum near the Curie point, and a strong field shifts the peak position to high temperature and suppresses the peak value; the dependence of the Hall resistivity on the magnetic field above T_c and below T_c is different. These results agree with the experimental curves qualitatively, but disagree quantitatively, which indicates that the spin correlation fluctuation scattering might not be the dominant mechanism of the colossal magnetoresistance. The double polaron mechanism due to strong electron-phonon and electron-spin coupling is proposed to be responsible for the colossal magnetoresistance in manganese-oxides.     

Magnetic properties of (NdxY1-x)Co2(1⩾ x ⩾ 0)

The concentration dependence of T_c and T_R (T_c magnetic ordering temperature, T_R spin reorientation temperature) of the pseudobinary system (Nd, Y)Co₂ is reported. Furthermore the influence of an external magnetic field on the spin reorientation and the magnetization is studied. The observed variation of the magnetization in the vicinity of the spin reorientation is compared with theoretical results. For the calculation a Hamiltonian with terms describing a molecular field, a cubic crystal field, and an external field is used.     

Anomalous influence of an external magnetic field on spin fluctuations in magnetic semiconductors with strong p-d hybridization and the colossal magnetoresistance effect

The colossal magnetoresistance effect in magnetic semiconductors based on lanthanum manganites has been investigated in terms of the model allowing for the effects of p-d hybridization and electronelectron Coulomb correlations. The influence of an external magnetic field on spin fluctuations has been considered under the conditions where the chemical potential is in a narrow heavy-fermion band formed in the hybridization gap. It has been shown that, in the vicinity of the Curie point T _C, the strong spin anharmonicity leads to an anomalously strong suppression of spin fluctuations by the external magnetic field, a phenomenon contributing significantly to the formation of colossal negative magnetoresistance.     

Low temperature magnetoresistance in La1.32Sr1.68Mn2O7 layered manganite under hydrostatic pressure

The La_1.32Sr_1.68Mn₂O₇ layered manganite system has been studied by the low temperature electrical resistance and magnetoresistance under hydrostatic pressure up to 25 kbar. We have observe both, a Curie temperature (T_C) and a metal-insulator transition (T_MI) at 118 K in the ambient pressure. The applied pressure shifts the T_MI to higher temperature values and induces a second metal-insulator transition (T²_MI) at 90 K, in the temperature dependence of resistivity measurements. Also, the pressure suppresses the peak resistance abruptly at T_C. When an external field of 5 T is applied, we have observed a large negative magnetoresistance of 300% at the transition temperature and a 128% at 4.5 K. However, the increased pressure decreases the magnetoresistance ratio gradually. When the pressure reaches its maximum available value of 25 kbar, the magnetoresistance ratio decreases at a rate of 1.3%/kbar. From our experimental results, the decrease of magnetoresistance ratio with pressure is explained by the pressure induced canted spin state which is not favor for the spin polarized intergrain tunneling in layered manganites.     

Magnetoresistance of Sc3In

The magnetoresistance of the weak itinerant-electron ferromagnet Sc₃In was measured from 1.5 to 40 K in magnetic fields up to 14 T. The measurements were made on three samples containing 24.1, 24.3 and 24.4 at% In with Curie temperatures at H = 0 of T_c(0) = 5.5, 6.0 and 6.3 K, respectively. By assuming that the characteristic spin-fluctuation temperature is equal to T_c(0), the negative magnetoresistance in Sc₃In was systematically and reasonably analyzed in terms of the quenching of spin fluctuations by magnetic fields.     

High-field magnetoresistance of polycrystalline ZrZn2

We report magnetoresistance measurements of polycrystalline ZrZn₂ as a function of temperature (4.2–48K) and magnetic field up to 19 T. The results indicate the presence of both positive and negative contributions to the magnetoresistance. The latter is due to spin fluctuations. Below T_c the resistivity varies with temperature like T² over the entire field range (0–19 T). The coefficient of the T² -term decreases with increasing field and fits a $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}$ dependence above ～ 10 T, in accordance with theoretical predictions. Complex behaviour of the magnetoresistance is found in the paramagnetic regime above ～ 5 T.     

Spin Hall magnetoresistance in Nb/Y3Fe5O12 hybrids

We investigate the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in niobium (Nb) attached to Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ near the superconducting critical temperature (T_c) of Nb. The SMR vanishes after cooling the sample below T_c, and recovers if the temperature is raised. When a magnetic field larger than the critical field of Nb is applied, the SMR re‐emerges with an enhanced magnitude even if the temperature is below T_c. The experimental results demonstrate that the SMR could be completely suppressed by the coupling between superconducting condensation and spin–orbit interaction in superconductors. In addition to the fundamental physics on the charge–spin interactions in superconductors, our work adds a different dimension to superconducting spintronics. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

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.     

Role of inter-site exchange and hybrid interactions in itinerant ferromagnetism

In this work, we study the magnetic properties of itinerant electron systems using the Hubbard-like tight binding Hamiltonian along with inter-site exchange and hybrid interactions. We have used the mean-field approximation to deal with the exchange and hybrid interactions. It is found that hybrid interaction is more effective than exchange interaction for the on-set of ferromagnetic state. We have studied the effect of hybrid interaction on various physical quantities at different temperatures. The effective mass (m*/m) of up spin electrons increases slowly as the temperature decreases but below the critical temperature (T_c), it decreases rapidly. For down spin electrons effective mass increases slowly as the temperature decreases and below T_c, it increases more rapidly. Spectral weight (n/m*) for up spin electrons decreases slowly upto T_c and below T_c, it increases rapidly. For down spin electrons spectral weight decreases slowly upto T_c and below T_c, it decreases rapidly. Our results for both the effective mass and spectral weight are in good agreement with recently observed experimental behaviour in itinerant ferromagnet Ga_1−xMn_xAs [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 097203]. We have also studied variation of the spectral weight and optical absorption with temperature in presence of magnetic field. We found that these two quantities for up spin electrons increase as applied magnetic field increases at all temperatures (∼4T_c). For down spin electrons these two quantities decrease as applied magnetic field increases.     

High-field magnetoresistance and Hall effect in Bi2Sr2CuO x single crystals

We investigated the in-plane magnetoresistance and the Hall effect of high-quality Bi₂Sr₂CuO_x single crystals with T _c (midpoint) = 3.7–9.6 K in dc magnetic fields up to 23 T. For T < 10 K, the crystals show the classical positive magnetoresistance. Starting at T ≈ 14 K, an anomalous negative magnetoresistance appears at low magnetic fields; for T ≥ 40 K, the magnetoresistance is negative in the whole studied range of magnetic fields. Temperature and magnetic field dependences of the negative-magnetoresistance single crystals are qualitatively consistent with the electron interaction theory developed for simple semiconductors and disordered metals. As is observed in other cuprate superconductors, the Hall resistivity is negative in the mixed state and changes its sign with increasing field. The linear T-dependence of cotθ_H for the Hall angle in the normal state closely resembles that of the normal-state resistivity as expected for a Fermi liquid picture.     

Magnetic field dependence on transition temperature Tc in cuprate superconductors

We investigate the magnetic field dependence on T_c in the high transition temperature superconductors. It is shown that phonon-enhanced spin fluctuations drive this superconductivity once more suggested by us [Phys. Rev. B 61 (2001) 4289]. We know magnetic field dependence on our transition temperature is in good correspondence with experimental data. It is elucidated that the external field is closely related to the local internal field in order to influence spin fluctuations.     

Generation of an external magnetic field with the spin orientation effect in a single layer Ising nanographene

In this work, the magnetic properties of the single layer Ising nanogaphene (SLING) are investigated by using Kaneyoshi approach (KA) within the effective field theory for different spin orientations of its magnetic atoms. We find that the magnetizations of the SLING has no phase transition, certain Curie temperature and distinct peak of susceptibility at T_c for the some spin orientations at the zero external magnetic field (H=0.0). Because these behaviors occur at H≠0.0, we suggest that the SLING generates an external magnetic field and behaves as an external magnetic field generator for these spin orientations. However, the SLING exhibits ferromagnetic behaviors for only one spin orientations. But, it exhibits antiferromagnetic behaviors for the others. For the AFM cases, diamagnetic susceptibility behaviors and type II superconductivity hysteresis behaviors are obtained. We hope that these results can open a door to obtain new class of single layer graphene and graphene-based magnetic field generator devices with the spin orientation effect.     

Field Confinement Energy at a Nonlinear Interface between Nonlinear Defocusing Media

The dependences of the resistance of the layered quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor TiS₃ on the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field B have been measured. The anisotropy and angular dependences of the magnetoresistance indicate the two-dimensional character of the conductivity at T < 100 K. Below T₀ ≈ 50 K, the magnetoresistance for the directions of the field in the plane of the layers (ab plane) increases sharply, whereas the transverse magnetoresistance (B ∥ c) becomes negative. The results confirm the possibility of an electron phase transition to a collective state at T₀. The negative magnetoresistance (at B ∥ c) below T₀ is explained by the magnetic-field-induced suppression of two-dimensional weak localization. The positive magnetoresistance (at B ∥ ab) is explained by the effect of the magnetic field on the spectrum of electronic states.     

Disappearance of the heat capacity peak of Sc3In around the curie temperature in high magnetic fields

The low temperature (1.3–20.0 K) heat capacity of the weak itinerant electron ferromagnet Sc₃In was measured in magnetic fields up to ～ 10 T. The heat capacity peak observed around T_c = 6.0 K in zero field becomes smaller with increasing fields and at 9.98 T its magnetic entropy is ≈ 18% of the zero field value. Above T_c, the spin fluctuation contribution to the heat capacity, which is enhanced by the magnetic field at lower fields (?5 T), is quenched at higher fields (?5 T). This depression of the spin fluctuation contibution to the heat capacity by the high magnetic fields occurs at lower magnetic fields than had been considered possible heretofore. Our results suggest that the itinerant ferromagnetism is Sc₃In is completely quenched at 12 T.     

Magnetoresistive effect in RCu<Subscript>3</Subscript>Mn<Subscript>4</Subscript>O<Subscript>12</Subscript> perovskite-like oxides

The electrical properties of and the magnetoresistive effect in RCu₃Mn₄O₁₂ (R=rare-earth ion or Th) are studied. In all compounds of this series, the magnetoresistive effect amounts to 20% at liquid nitrogen temperature in the presence of a field of 0.9 T. An increase in the magnetoresistance with decreasing temperature and a high sensitivity to weak magnetic fields at low temperatures point to the intergranular nature of the effect. The magnetoresistance shows a peak in the vicinity of the Curie temperature T_C. Based on the dependences of the magnetoresistance on an external magnetic field, it is assumed that the magnetoresistance peak near T_C is related to the charge carrier scattering by magnetic inhomogeneities as in substituted orthomanganites. We believe that the magnetoresistance value near the magnetic ordering temperature depends on the synthesis conditions and the effect of the intergranular spacer on the transport properties of these compounds.     

Crystallization and melting of spin-polarized<Superscript>3</Superscript>He

The melting and growth of³He crystals, spin-polarized by an external magnetic field, are different in nature depending on whether the temperature is higher or lower than the characteristic ordering temperatures in the crystal (the Neel temperatureT _N ) and in the liquid (the superfluid transition temperatureT _c ). In the high-temperature region (T≥T _N ,T _c ) the liquid which appears upon melting has a high nonequilibrium spin density. In the low-temperature region (T?T _N ,T _c ) the melting and growth are accompanied by spin supercurrents both in the liquid and in the crystal in addition to mass supercurrents in the liquid. The crystallization waves at the liquid-solid interface should exist in the low-temperature region. With increasing magnetic field the waves change in nature, because the spin currents begin to play a dominant role. The wave spectrum becomes linear with a velocity inversely proportional to the magnetic field. The attenuation of the waves at low enough temperatures is mainly due to the interaction of the moving crystal-liquid interface with thermal spin waves in the crystal. The waves could be weakly damped at temperatures below a few hundreds microkelvins.     

Effect of pressure and magnetic field on bilayer La1.25Sr1.75Mn2O7 single crystal

We report the temperature dependence of susceptibility for various pressures, magnetic fields and constant magnetic field of 5 T with various pressures on La_2−2xSr_1+2xMn₂O₇ single crystal to understand the effectiveness of pressure and magnetic field in altering the magnetic properties. We find that the Curie temperature, T_c, increases under pressure (dT_c/dP=10.9 K/GPa) and it indicates the enhancement of ferromagnetic phase under pressure up to 2 GPa. The magnetic field dependence of T_c is about 26 K for 3 T. The combined effect of pressure and constant magnetic field (5 T) shows dT_c/dP=11.3 K/GPa and the peak structure is suppressed and broadened. The application of magnetic field of 5 T realizes 3D spin ordered state below T_c at atmospheric pressure. Both peak structure in χ_c and 3D spin ordered state are suppressed, and changes to 2D-like spin ordered state by increase of pressure. These results reveal that the pressure and the magnetic field are more competitive in altering the magnetic properties of bilayer manganite La_1.25Sr_1.75Mn₂O₇ single crystal.     

Increase in Tc and spin glass transition in La0.9Ca0.1Mn1−yCryO3 (y=0, 0.1 and 0.2)

We report on the structural, frequency dependent ac susceptibility, dc magnetization and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements on polycrystalline samples of La_0.9Ca_0.1Mn_1−yCr_yO₃ (y=0, 0.1 and 0.2) prepared by sol-gel technique. For y=0, a paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition is observed at T_c=136 K. Both for y=0.1 and 0.2, T_c increases from 136 to 180 K. For y=0, the imaginary part of the ac susceptibility shows a broad transition at T_f<T_c which does not depend very much on the frequency. However, for y=0.1 and 0.2, the frequency dependence resembles that of a spin glass. Though all the three samples show a semi-conducting behavior between 300 and 5 K, a negative MR is observed corresponding to T_c and T_f. The value of MR decreases for the Cr substituted samples.     

Superconducting fluctuations in the amorphous alloy Cu57Zr43

We have measured the magnetoresistance in high magnetic field (up to 32T) and at low temperature (4.2K) of the amorphous alloy Cu₅₇Zr₄₃. The contribution to this magnetoresistance arising from electron-electron interactions is calculated from the theoretical models developed at time. We discuss the importance of superconducting fluctuations and the possibility to take them into account using the calculations of Larkin [1].     

The low field longitudinal magnetoresistance of PdMn,PdFe and AuFe near the percolation limit

The low field longitudinal magnetoresistance, Δp/p_o, of Au + 14.5%at.Fe is measured as a function of field (- 1kG < H < 1kG), temperature (1.2K, 140K) and annealing conditions. When the sample is annealed and quenched from 950 C, the low field (～ 100 G) Δp/p_o versus H curve exhibits two sharp peaks at about 35 and 75 K respectively. The low temperature peak is associated with a spin glass transition (T_g) whereas the high temperature one would correspond to a ferromagnetic transition (T_c). The spin-glass state such as T ? T_g is characterised by a clear quadratic behavior of Δp/p_o as a function of H whereas in the ferromagnetic state (T_g < T < T_c), the magnetoresistance is completely dominated by a linear term. Quenching the sample from 550C considerably reduces the overall magnetoresistance, suppresses the linear term and transforms the double peak structure into a a single rather broad cusp of a spin-glass type. To help interpreting the above results, we also carried out low field magnetoresistance measurements on Pd + 0.2 at.%Fe, Pd + 2 at.%Mn and Pd + 10 at.%Mn at low temperatures.