Optical Reflectivity Spectra Measured on Cleaved Surfaces of La1-xSrxMnO3: Evidence Against Extremely Small Drude Weight
- 15 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Physical Society of Japan in Journal of the Physics Society Japan
- Vol. 68 (6) , 1828-1831
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jpsj.68.1828
Abstract
Optical reflectivity spectra of La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO(3) (0<=x<=0.30) were measured on cleavage surfaces of single crystals. The optical conductivity $\sigma(w) of ferromagnetic-metal La(0.70)Sr(0.30)MnO(3) is characterized by a Drude-like - but not simple Drude - component with large spectral weight below 1.6 eV, which yields a large effective carrier number N*_eff consistent with the results of Hall coefficient and specific heat measurements. The present result demonstrates that the previous result of "small Drude weight" originates from the damage of the sample surface. The Sr-substitution effect on the electronic structure and the origin of the unconventional $\sigma(w) are also discussed.Comment: text 10 pages (RevTex format), 4 figureKeywords
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