1. IR Pump-Probe Study of Phase Separated Hole-Doped Manganite La1/4Pr3/8Ca3/8MnO3
Jaewook Ahn
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Ultrafast Dynamics in Strongly-Correlated Materials.
Charge
Lattice
Orbital
Spin
Correlated
Coauthors
Kyeong-Jin Jang and Jongseok Lim (KAIST)
Jihee Kim and Ki-Ju Yee (Chungnam Nat. Univ.)
Jai Seok Ahn (Pusan Nat. University)
Fundings
IRMMM-THz, September 23rd, 2009, Pusan

2. Ultrafast Spectroscopy Lab

3. Summary
(1) We report the generation of coherent optical and acoustic phonons in a mixed valence manganite LPCMO using
femtosecond infrared pump-probe spectroscopy.
(2) Temperature-dependent measurements of the time-resolved optical reflectance, obtained over a range of 5-300~K,
revealed that the energy of the photoexcited electrons dissipated, during relaxation, to acoustic phonons in the high-temperature paramagnetic phase and to optical phonons in the low-temperature charge ordering phase.
(3) We suggest a phenomenological charge ordering gap opening mechanism to explain the crossover behavior observed during electron-lattice relaxation in the vicinity of the
charge ordering phase transition.
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6. Motivation : La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3II
III
Structural phase transitions
III : paramagnetic insulator
II : short-range ferromagnetic metal short-range charge-ordering phase
I : long-range FM and CO phases
M. Uehara et al., Nature 399, 560(1999)

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8. Alkaline earth: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra (Group 2) LaMnO3 :Rare Earth
Trivalent rare earth: La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Tb, Lu (Lanthanide 57-71)
Alkaline earth: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra (Group 2)
LaMnO3 :Rare Earth
CaMnO3 :Alkaline Earth
Perovskite structure ABO3
A in an 8 BO6 octahedra
A : 12-fold oxygen coordination
B : 6-fold oxygen coordination A O B
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9. Motivation : La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3II
III
Structural phase transitions
III : paramagnetic insulator
II : short-range ferromagnetic metal short-range charge-ordering phase
I : long-range FM and CO phases
M. Uehara et al., Nature 399, 560(1999)

10. Mixed Phase in La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3
20K (I)
Charge-disordered domain (ferromagnetic metallic)
Charge-ordered domain
17K (I)
120K(II)
In TC≤T≤TCO region (II), two phases (FM and CO) coexist.
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M. Uehara et al., Nature 399, 560(1999)

11. Mixed Phase in La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3
20K (I)
Charge-disordered domain (ferromagnetic metallic)
Charge-ordered domain
In LPCMO, there coexist ferromagnetic metallic (FM) phase and charge-ordering insulating (CO) phase.
Fs study of phase-separated manganite, there is a strong opportunity to optically control the competing ground states between metallic and insulating phases.
17K (I)
120K(II)
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12. Study of Phase Separation
Two absorption bands in s(w) in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 : Liu et al., PRL 81, 4684 (1998).
Two IR bands in s(w) in La1/8Sr7/8MnO3 :Jung et al., PRB 59, 3793 (1999).
Electron Microscopy of Co domains La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 : Uehara et al,. Nature 399, 560 (1999).
Two absorption bands in s(w) in La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 : Lee et al., PRB 65, (2002).
Coherent phonons in La1-xCaxMnO3 : Lim et al,. PRB 71, (2005).
Raman scattering study of LaxPryCa1-x-yMnO3 : Kim et al., PRB 77, (2008).
Dearth of femtosecond study

13. Pump-probe method : mechanical delay
Strong pump pulse + weaker probe pulse
Two optical path lengths are different in order to make time delay. - two types of delay generation (shaker and mechanical delay)
The photoinduced changes in reflectivity or transmission are measured
Shaker:10 Hz, Laser pulses:400 kHz 20,000 sampling/sec
Pulse power=10mW, energy=20nJ
Reference
Pump
Probe BS
Lens
Sample
Photo Diode
Shaker
Laser

14. Our Measurements Fast oscillation Slow oscillation
Jang, Lim, Ahn, et al., (2009)

15. Reflectance change in ~ps
dR/R

16. Displacive Excitation of Coherent Phonon
DECP Model Fit :
Pumped by a laser pulse, first electronically excited system rapidly comes to quasi-equilibrium state within nuclear response time, then, nuclear A1g coordinate is displaced with no change in lattice symmetry.
Only A1g symmetry
~Cos(wt) dependence ( note: ISRS ~sin(wt) etc.)
Anharmonic behavior may appear at high fluence exp.

17. Coherent phonon generation
DECP (Displacive Excitation of Coherent Phonon)
where n(t) is the electron density in excitation band

18. Coherent phonon generation
DECP (Displacive Excitation of Coherent Phonon)
where ,

19. Two Optical Phonons
2.43 THz
5.15 THz
Non-oscillatory relaxations

20. Is this anharmonic behavior ?
- X (not enough fluence)
- 10,000 times smaller than Lindemann criteria for melting
Raman forbidden mode ?
- O (CO phase mode, newly found)
- BiCaMnO3 (2000)
- no direct evidence for LPCMO

21. Amelitchev et al., PRB 63, (2001).

22. What about the slow oscillations ?

23. Change of reflectance in long time
I (PI)
Coherent acoustic phonons with freqeuncy of 50 GHz exist above TCO.
Note: cos(wt) behavior : DECP
It is explained by propagating strain pulse mechanism.

24. Strain propagation in bulk
strained layer
The strained layer which is generated by pump pulse at surface moves through sample at velocity of Cs.
The interference of reflected probe pulse at the surface and at z shows an oscillatory behavior.
R. Liu et al. PRB 72 (2005)

25. Strain propagation in bulk
where

26. Coherent Phonon Amplitudes
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27. Reflectance change in ~ps
dR/R

28. Scenario: Charge-Ordering Gap
Crossover of phonon amplitudes may be also coupled with the relaxation ?
BCS-like Gap
Explains the Coherent Phonon Bahavior.

29. Relaxation I
dR/R
In a few ps, the dR/R is related to a change phonon temperature.
Acoustic Phonon
Fast electronic relaxation
- the excited electrons relax through electron-phonon coupling.
Spin-lattice relaxation
coherent phonon dephasing
Metallic behavior:

30. Relaxation II On a longer time scale, spin reorientation may occur.
dR/R
Strain Pulse Propagation #
Spin-lattice relaxation
On a longer time scale, spin reorientation may occur.
# M. Uehara et al., Nature 399, 560(1999)

31. Summary Fs study of CO-FM mixed phase.
Fast electronic relaxation
coherent phonon dephasing
Spin-lattice relaxation
dR/R
Fs study of CO-FM mixed phase.
CO phase: three relaxations (2 coherent phonons + spin-lattice )
T<Tc : weaker coherent phonon generation + metallic behavior
Coherent phonons: 2.5, 5.1 THz (A1g Raman modes), 50 GHz(acoustic) 2 fast relaxation(0.16, 0.52 ps) + spin-lattice relaxation

32. IR Pump-Probe Study of Phase Separated Hole-Doped Manganite La1/4Pr3/8Ca3/8MnO3
Jaewook Ahn
KAIST - physics
Ultrafast Dynamics in Strongly-Correlated Materials.
Charge
Lattice
Orbital
Spin
Correlated
Coauthors
Kyeong-Jin Jang and Jongseok Lim (KAIST)
Jihee Kim and Ki-Ju Yee (Chungnam Nat. Univ.)
Jai Seok Ahn (Pusan Nat. University)
Fundings
IRMMM-THz, September 23rd, 2009, Pusan

33. fs study of CO phase?
Coherent phonons in La1-xCaxMnO3 : Lim et al,. PRB 71, (2005).
~2.2 THz oscillation below TCO
~55 GHz oscillation above TCO
These oscillations are related to charge-ordering phase transition.