The role of the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect in the charge ordered La1-xCaxMnO3 (0.5<=x<=0.87) manganites

TL;DR

This study investigates how the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect influences charge ordering and magnetic structures in La1-xCaxMnO3 manganites, revealing mode-dependent effects on stability and phase behavior.

Contribution

It demonstrates that different Jahn-Teller vibration modes are crucial for understanding charge order and magnetic evolution in these manganites.

Findings

Increased Q3 mode correlates with enhanced charge order stability.

Magnetic structure transitions from CE-type to C-type with mode changes.

Orbital ordering shifts from 3d(x2-r2)/3d(y2-r2) to 3d(x2-z2).

Abstract

Based on the magnetoresistance, magnetization, ultrasound, and crystallographic data, we studied the role of the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect in the charge ordered (CO) state for La1-xCaxMnO3. We found that, with increasing the fraction of Q3 mode of Jahn-Teller distortion and decreasing that of Q2 mode in the CO state, the magnetic structure evolves from CE-type to C-type and the orbital ordering changes from 3d(x2-r2)/3d(y2-r2)-type to 3d(x2-z2)-type, with the strength of ferromagnetism and the phase separation tendency being suppressed. At the same time, the stability of the CO state and the cooperative Jahn-Teller lattice distortion increase. These effects imply that the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect with different vibration modes is the key ingredient in understanding the essential physics of the CO state.