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Dimensional Crossover driven by Magnetic Ordering in Optical Conductivity of Pr_{1/2}Sr_{1/2}MnO_3
We investigated optical properties of Pr_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}MnO_3, which has the
A-type antiferromagnetic ordering at a low temperature. We found that T-
dependence of spectral weight transfer shows a clear correlation with the
magnetic phase transition. In comparison with the optical conductivity results
of Nd_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}MnO_3, which has the CE-type antiferromagnetic charge
ordering, we showed that optical properties of Pr_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}MnO_3 near the
Neel temperature could be explained by a crossover from 3D to 2D metals.
Details of spectral weight changes are consistent with the polaron picture.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL at June
Spin/Orbital Pattern-Dependent Polaron Absorption in Nd(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3
We investigated optical properties of Nd(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3 (x= 0.40, 0.50, 0.55,
and 0.65) single crystals. In the spin/orbital disordered state, their
conductivity spectra look quite similar, and the strength of the mid-infrared
absorption peak is proportional to x(1-x) consistent with the polaron picture.
As temperature lowers, the Nd(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3 samples enter into various
spin/orbital ordered states, whose optical responses are quite different. These
optical responses can be explained by the spin/orbital ordering
pattern-dependent polaron hopping.Comment: 3 figures (gzipped
Infrared Hall conductivity of NaCoO
We report infrared Hall conductivity of
NaCoO thin films determined from Faraday rotation angle
measurements. exhibits two types of hole
conduction, Drude and incoherent carriers. The coherent Drude carrier shows a
large renormalized mass and Fermi liquid-like behavior of Hall scattering rate,
. The spectral weight is suppressed and disappears at T
= 120K. The incoherent carrier response is centered at mid-IR frequency and
shifts to lower energy with increasing T. Infrared Hall constant is positive
and almost independent of temperature in sharp contrast with the dc-Hall
constant.Comment: 5 Pages, 5 Figures. Author list corrected in metadata only, paper is
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Lifetime of dynamic heterogeneity in strong and fragile kinetically constrained spin models
Kinetically constrained spin models are schematic coarse-grained models for
the glass transition which represent an efficient theoretical tool to study
detailed spatio-temporal aspects of dynamic heterogeneity in supercooled
liquids. Here, we study how spatially correlated dynamic domains evolve with
time and compare our results to various experimental and numerical
investigations. We find that strong and fragile models yield different results.
In particular, the lifetime of dynamic heterogeneity remains constant and
roughly equal to the alpha relaxation time in strong models, while it increases
more rapidly in fragile models when the glass transition is approached.Comment: Submitted to the proceedings of the 6th EPS Liquid Matter Conference,
Utrecht 2-6 July 200
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