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Observation of semilocalized dispersive states in the strongly correlated electron-doped ferromagnet Eu1-xGdx O

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

D.E. Shai
M.H. Fischer
A.J. Melville
E.J. Monkman
J.W. Harter
D.W. Shen
D.G. Schlom
M.J. Lawler
Eun-Ah Kim
K.M. Shen

Abstract

Chemical substitution plays a key role in controlling the electronic and magnetic properties of complex materials. For instance, in EuO, carrier doping can induce a spin-polarized metallic state and colossal magnetoresistance, and significantly enhance the Curie temperature. Here, we employ a combination of molecular-beam epitaxy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and an effective model calculation to investigate and understand how semilocalized states evolve in lightly electron-doped Eu1-xGdxO above the ferromagnetic Curie temperature. Our studies reveal a characteristic length scale for the spatial extent of the donor wave functions which remains constant as a function of doping, consistent with recent tunneling studies of doped EuO. Our work sheds light on the nature of the semiconductor-to-metal transition in Eu1-xGdxO and should be generally applicable for doped complex oxides. © 2016 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review B

Volume

94

Issue

19

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994545702&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.94.195102&partnerID=40&md5=f73eec469943b8bd3e619bf07f21d954

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.94.195102

Group (Lab)

Kyle Shen Group
Michael Lawler Group

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