Ferromagnetic enhancement of CE-type spin ordering in (Pr,Ca)MnO3

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 May 6;106(18):186404. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.186404. Epub 2011 May 4.

Abstract

We present resonant soft x-ray scattering results from small bandwidth manganites (Pr,Ca)MnO(3), which show that the CE-type spin ordering (SO) at the phase boundary is stabilized only below the canted antiferromagnetic transition temperature and enhanced by ferromagnetism in the macroscopically insulating state (FM-I). Our results reveal the fragility of the CE-type ordering that underpins the colossal magnetoresistance effect in this system, as well as an unexpected cooperative interplay between FM-I and CE-type SO which is in contrast to the competitive interplay between the ferromagnetic metallic state and CE-type ordering.