Jahn-Teller, charge and magnetic ordering in half-doped manganese oxides

Abstract:

The phase diagram of half-doped manganite systems of formula A 0.5 A ′ 0.5MnO3 is investigated within a single-orbital model incorporating magnetic double-exchange and superexchange, together with intersite Coulomb and electron-lattice interactions. Strong Jahn-Teller and breathing mode deformations compete together and result in shear lattice deformations. The latter stabilize the charge-ordered CE-type phase, which undergo first-order transitions with temperature or magnetic field to either Ferromagnetic metallic or Paramagnetic insulating phases. An essential feature is the self-consistent screening of Coulomb and electron-phonon interactions in the ferromagnetic phase.