The electronic structure of La${}_{1-x}$Sr${}_x$MnO${}_3$ thin films and its $T_c$ dependence as studied by angle-resolved photoemission

Abstract

We present angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy results for thin films of the three-dimensional manganese perovskite La${}_{1-x}$Sr${}_x$MnO${}_3$. We show that the transition temperature ($T_c$) from the paramagnetic insulating to ferromagnetic metallic state is closely related to details of the electronic structure, particularly to the spectral weight at the $\mathbf{k}$-point, where the sharpest step at the Fermi level was observed. We found that this $\mathbf{k}$-point is the same for all the samples, despite their different $T_c$. The change of $T_c$ is discussed in terms of kinetic energy optimization. Our ARPES results suggest that the change of the electronic structure for the samples having different transition temperatures is different from the rigid band shift.

arXiv commentAccepted by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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