Comparative study of ordered and disordered Y1-xSrxCoO3-d

We have succeeded in preparing A-site ordered- and disordered-Y1/4Sr3/4CoO3-d with various oxygen deficiencies delta, and have made comparative study of their structural and physical properties. In the A-site ordered structure, oxygen vacancies order, and d = 0.34 sample shows a weak ferromagnetic transition beyond 300 K. On the other hand, in the A-site disordered structure, no oxygen vacancy ordering is observed, and d = 0.16 sample shows a ferromagnetic metallic transition around 150 K. A-site disordering destroys the orderings of oxygen-vacancies and orbitals, leading to the strong modification of the electronic phases.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, proceeding of 52nd Mangetism and Magnetic Materials Conference (MMM 2007), published in Journal of Applied Physic

Reduction of critical field for magnetic and orbital-ordering phase transition in impurity-substituted Nd0.45_{0.45}Sr0.55_{0.55}MnO3_3 crystal

We have investigated the Mn-site substitution effect in Nd$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$MnO$_3$ single crystal, which has an $A$-type layered antiferromagnetic ($A$-AFM) phase with the 3$d_{x^2-y^2}$-type orbital-order. Substitution of Fe or Ga for Mn-site suppresses both the $A$-AFM order and competing ferromagnetic (FM) correlation whereas Cr substitution suppresses only the $A$-AFM order but reactivates the underlying FM correlation via double-exchange mechanism along the AFM coupled $c$-direction. In Nd$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$Mn$_{0.95}$Cr$_{0.05}$O$_3$, the $A$-AFM state with the orbital-order is changed into the orbital-disordered three-dimensional FM metallic state by applying magnetic field of $\mu_0 H = 12$ T, which is much smaller than that of the parent compound Nd$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$MnO$_3$.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in APL Material

Cr-doping effect on the orbital fluctuation of heavily doped Nd1-xSrxMnO3 (x ~ 0.625)

We have investigated the Cr-doping effect of Nd0.375Sr0.625MnO3 near the phase boundary between the x2-y2 and 3z2-r2 orbital ordered states, where a ferromagnetic correlation and concomitant large magnetoresistance are observed owing to orbital fluctuation. Cr-doping steeply suppresses the ferromagnetic correlation and magnetoresistance in Nd0.375Sr0.625Mn1-yCryO3 with 0 < y < 0.05, while they reappear in 0.05 < y < 0.10. Such a reentrant behavior implies that a phase boundary is located at y = 0.05, or a phase crossover occurs across y = 0.05.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Journal of Applied Physic

Refinement Type Inference via Horn Constraint Optimization

We propose a novel method for inferring refinement types of higher-order functional programs. The main advantage of the proposed method is that it can infer maximally preferred (i.e., Pareto optimal) refinement types with respect to a user-specified preference order. The flexible optimization of refinement types enabled by the proposed method paves the way for interesting applications, such as inferring most-general characterization of inputs for which a given program satisfies (or violates) a given safety (or termination) property. Our method reduces such a type optimization problem to a Horn constraint optimization problem by using a new refinement type system that can flexibly reason about non-determinism in programs. Our method then solves the constraint optimization problem by repeatedly improving a current solution until convergence via template-based invariant generation. We have implemented a prototype inference system based on our method, and obtained promising results in preliminary experiments.Comment: 19 page

Magnetoelectric Properties of (Ca1−x_{1-x}Srx_{x})2_2CoSi2_2O7_7 Crystals

We have investigated the magnetoelectric properties of (Ca$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$)$_2$CoSi$_2$O$_7$ ($0\leq x\leq 1$) crystals with a quasi-two-dimensional structure. In Ca$_2$CoSi$_2$O$_7$ ($x=0$), a canted antiferromagnetic transition occurs at 5.6 K. The transition temperature $T_{\rm N}$ is increasing with increasing Sr concentration, and the rises of the magnetization and dielectric constant become larger. Since the dielectric constant shows large change at $T_{\rm N}$ and the magnetocapacitance effect is observed below $T_{\rm N}$, a coupling between the magnetism and dielectricity is strong in (Ca$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$)$_2$CoSi$_2$O$_7$. The positive magnetocapacitance is reduced by Sr substitution, and is not observed in $x\geq 0.5$. Namely, the compound of $x\geq 0.5$ does not show the magnetic-field-induced electric polarization. On the other hand, the negative magnetocapacitance is enhanced by Sr substitution.Comment: 4 pages, 2figures, proceeding of International Conference on Magnetism 200

Magnetic-field-induced switching between ferroelectric phases in orthorhombic-distortion-controlled RRMnO3_{3}

We have investigated the dielectric and magnetic properties of Eu$_{0.595}$Y$_{0.405}$MnO$_{3}$ $without$ the presence of the 4$f$ magnetic moments of the rare earth ions, and have found two ferroelectric phases with polarization along the $a$ and $c$ axes in a zero magnetic field. A magnetic field induced switching from one to the other ferroelectric phase took plase in which the direction of ferroelectric polarization changed from the a axis to the c axis by the application of magnetic fields parallel to the a axis. In contrast to the case of TbMnO$_{3}$, in which the 4$f$ moments of Tb$^{3+}$ ions play an important role in such a ferroelectric phase switching, the magnetic-field-induced switching between ferroelectric phases in Eu$_{0.595}$Y$_{0.405}$MnO$_{3}$ does not originate from the magnetic transition of the rare-earth 4$f$ moments, but from that of the Mn 3$d$ spins.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX4, Proceedings of MMM 2005, to appear in J. Appl. Phy

Enhancement of the anomalous Hall effect and spin glass behavior in the bilayered manganite La(2-2x)Sr(1+2x)Mn2O7

The Hall resistivity and magnetization have been investigated in the ferromagnetic state of the bilayered manganite La(2-2x)Sr(1+2x)Mn2O7 (x=0.36). The Hall resistivity shows an increase in both the ordinary and anomalous Hall coefficients at low temperatures below 50K, a region in which experimental evidence for the spin glass state has been found in a low magnetic field of 1mT. The origin of the anomalous behavior of the Hall resistivity relevant to magnetic states may lie in the intrinsic microscopic inhomogeneity in a quasi-two-dimensional electron system.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, Solid State Communications (in press

Internal magnetic field effect on magnetoelectricity in orthorhombic RMnO3RMnO_3 crystals

We have investigated the role of the 4$f$ moment on the magnetoelectric (ME) effect of orthorhombic $R$MnO$_{3}$ ($R$=rare earth ions). In order to clarify the role of the 4$f$ moment, we prepared three samples: (Eu,Y)MnO$_{3}$ without the 4$f$ moment, TbMnO$_{3}$ with the anisotropic 4$f$ moment, and (Gd,Y)MnO$_{3}$ with the isotropic 4$f$ moment. The ferroelectric behaviors of these samples are different from each other in a zero magnetic field. (Eu,Y)MnO$_{3}$ and (Gd,Y)MnO$_{3}$ show the ferroelectric polarization along the a axis in the ground state, while TbMnO$_{3}$ shows it along the c axis. Such difference may arise from the influence of the anisotropic Tb$^{3+}$ 4$f$ moment. The direction of the ferroelectric polarization of $R$MnO$_{3}$ is determined by the internal magnetic field arising from the 4$f$ moment.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure, the proceeding of International Conference of Magnetism, to be published in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Material