Evidence for electronic phase separation between orbital orderings in SmVO3

  • MH Sage
  • , GR Blake
  • , GJ Nieuwenhuys
  • , TTM Palstra*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report evidence for phase coexistence of orbital orderings of different symmetry in SmVO3 by high resolution x-ray powder diffraction. The phase coexistence is triggered by an antiferromagnetic ordering of the vanadium spins near 130 K, below an initial orbital ordering near 200 K. The phase coexistence is the result of the intermediate ionic size of samarium coupled to exchange striction at the vanadium spin ordering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number036401
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27-Jan-2006

Keywords

  • LAMNO3
  • YVO3

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