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Nature of Electron Order in LaSrMnO

arXiv:cond-mat/0101294 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.095502

Abstract

Synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements of the low-temperature structure of the single-layer manganese oxide LaSrMnO, over the doping range , indicate the existence of three distinct regions: a disordered phase (), a charge-ordered phase (), and a mixed phase (). For , the modulation vector associated with the charge order is incommensurate with the lattice and depends linearly on the concentration of electrons. The primary superlattice reflections are strongly suppressed along the modulation direction and the higher harmonics are weak, implying the existence of a largely transverse and nearly sinusoidal structural distortion, consistent with a charge density wave of the electrons.

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