Magneto-optical imaging of the magnetization process in colossal magnetoresisitive lanthanum manganite

Magneto-optical imaging of the magnetization process in colossal magnetoresisitive lanthanum manganite

Colossal magnetoresistive manganite thin films

Mixed-valence perovskite manganites (Re 1−x A x MnO 3 where Re=rare earth, A=alkaline earth) provide a unique opportunity to study the relationships between the structure and the magnetotransport properties due to an interplay among charge carriers, magnetic coupling, orbital ordering and structural distortion. This makes these compounds very exciting from both the basic research and from the t...

Origin of colossal magnetoresistance in LaMnO3 manganite.

Phase separation is a crucial ingredient of the physics of manganites; however, the role of mixed phases in the development of the colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) phenomenon still needs to be clarified. We report the realization of CMR in a single-valent LaMnO3 manganite. We found that the insulator-to-metal transition at 32 GPa is well described using the percolation theory. Pressure induces ...

Visualization of magnetization processes of soft magnetic composites by the magneto-optical imaging technique

Magneto-optical Effects in Transparent Media under Inhomogeneous Magnetization

The analysis of the Magneto-Optical (M. 0.) effects when the magnetization is inhomogeneous is separated in two cases : first, when no diffraction occurs inside the medium, the geometrical optics approximation is used to derive the phase of the optical fields and the ray paths. Second, with no negligible diffraction inside themedium, extensions of the previous theory are presented and applied t...