Pressure tuning of electron-phonon coupling: the insulator to metal transition in manganites

An extended temperature and pressure-dependent investigation is carried out on a La0.75Ca0.25MnO3 sample exploiting the infrared absorption technique coupled to a diamond anvil cell. The pressure dependence of the insulator to metal transition temperature T(IM) is determined for the first time up to...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2003-10, Vol.91 (17), p.175501-175501, Article 175501
Main Authors: Postorino, P, Congeduti, A, Dore, P, Sacchetti, A, Gorelli, F, Ulivi, L, Kumar, A, Sarma, D D
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Language:English
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Summary:An extended temperature and pressure-dependent investigation is carried out on a La0.75Ca0.25MnO3 sample exploiting the infrared absorption technique coupled to a diamond anvil cell. The pressure dependence of the insulator to metal transition temperature T(IM) is determined for the first time up to 11.2 GPa. The T(IM)(P) curve we propose to model the present data has an exponential-like behavior with an associated characteristic pressure P* playing the role of a decay constant. It is found that the equivalence between an external and an internal (chemical) pressure holds over a limited range of pressure, namely, P< or =2P*. Moreover, a certain universality character is associated with the proposed model curve in its ability to account for a large class of low-disorder manganites characterized by intermediate electron-phonon coupling.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.175501