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Published on: June 7, 2018
Variation of the electronic structure in systematically synthesized Sr2MO4 (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, and Co)
J Matsuno1, Y Okimoto, M Kawasaki
1Spin SuperStructure Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, c/o AIST, Tsukuba Central 4, Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan.
Abstract:
We have systematically synthesized single-crystalline thin films of layered perovskites Sr2MO4 (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, and Co) which cannot be obtained in a form of bulk crystal apart from M = Mn. The two-dimensional electronic structure of these M4+ oxides, ranging from a correlated insulator to a ferromagnetic metal, has been investigated by using their optical conductivity spectra with polarizations E is perpendicular to c and E is parallel to c, which reveal systematic variation of the correlated charge gap, Mott-Hubbard gap, or charge-transfer gap. Temperature dependence of the gap-transition spectra is argued in the light of possible spin and/or orbital ordering.
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