Advances in Science and Technology Vol. 67

Abstract: We report on photoemission studies of SrTiO3, Pr0.55(Ca1-ySry)0.45MnO3 (PCSMO, y=0.25,0.40), and Ti1-xCoxO2-δ (x=0.05, 0.10) under laser illumination and discuss the origins of the unusual electronic structure changes induced by optical excitation at the surfaces of these transition-metal oxides. The present study shows that photoemission spectroscopy is a powerful tool to explore novel photo-induced electronic states which can open up possibilities of new optical devices.

Abstract: In the present study we focused on the nickelate system, which presents stable stripe order and allow a large domain of oxygen doping. More specifically, we studied the non-stoichiometric system La2NiO4 in which the oxygen excess tends to order. ESR technique has been used due to its sensibility to microscopic magnetic fluctuations. We present a systematic study of the charge and spin fluctuations in oxygen doped nickelates to get insight into the dynamic of the system using ESR. The intrinsic resonance signal of polycrystalline La2NiO4 - values 0.09 and 0.12 have been studied, in a large temperature range (10K < T < 300 K). The = 0.12 compound has been chosen as a starting point, since neutron diffraction studies in composition very close to this value have been well characterized the stripe order in this system, showing that the holes order at around TCO = 200K, while the spins order at TS = 110K. By analogy, the ESR results on this compound allowed us to interpret the results in the other compound.

Abstract: 5 at.% Mn-doped and undoped, 200 nm thick BaTiO3 thin films have been grown under different oxygen partial pressures by pulsed laser deposition on Pt/sapphire substrates. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements reveal the same polycrystalline single-phase perovskite structure for all the thin films despite the different oxygen partial pressure, while their preferred orientation strongly depends on the oxygen partial pressure. The 5 at. % Mn-doping decreases the dielectric loss of the Mn-doped BaTiO3 thin films, however, their relative permittivity is also decreased. Ferroelectricity has been probed on the Mn-doped and undoped BaTiO3 thin films grown under relatively high oxygen partial pressure. A ferromagnetic coupling of the Mn dopant ions has been probed at room tempetature on the Mn-doped BaTiO3 thin films prepared under low oxygen partial pressure and is understood in terms of the bound magnetic polaron model.