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Spectroscopic evidence for a charge-density-wave condensate in a charge-ordered manganite: Observation of collective excitation mode in PrCaMnO by using THz time-domain spectroscopy
THz time-domain spectroscopy was used to directly probe the low-energy
(0.5--5 meV) electrodynamics of the charge-ordered manganite
PrCaMnO. We revealed the existence of a finite peak
structure around 2--3 meV well below the charge gap meV. In analogy
to the low-energy optical properties of the well-studied low-dimensional
materials, we attributed this observed structure to the collective excitation
mode arising from the charge-density-wave condensate. This finding provides the
importance role of the quasi-one dimensional nature of the charge and orbital
ordering in PrCaMnO.Comment: REVTeX4, 8 pages including 7 figures and 2 table