Mössbauer Effect Probe of Local Jahn-Teller distortion in Fe-doped Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites
arXiv:cond-mat/0307691 · doi:10.1063/1.1605232
Abstract
Local structure of the Fe-doped La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (x=0.00-1.00) compounds has been investigated by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy. $^{57}$Fe Mössbauer spectra provide a direct evidence of Jahn-Teller distortion in these manganites. On the basis of Mössbauer results, the Jahn-Teller coupling was estimated. It is noteworthy that Ca-concentration dependence of Jahn-Teller coupling strength is very consistent with the magnetic phase diagram. Our results reveal that Mössbauer spectroscopy can not only detect the local structural distortion, but also provide a technique to investigate Jahn-Teller coupling of Fe-doped La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ colossal magnetoresistive perovskites.
3 figures, will appear in Applied Physics Letters