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Photo-modulated dynamic competition between metallic and insulating phases in a layered manganite

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We show evidence that the competition between the antiferromagnetic metallic phase and the charge- and orbital-ordered insulating phase at the reentrant phase boundary of a layered manganite, LaSr2Mn2O7, can be manipulated using ultrafast optical excitation. The time-dependent evolution of the Jahn-Teller superlattice reflection, the indicator of the formation of charge and orbital order, was measured at different laser fluences. The laser-induced change in the Jahn-Teller reflection intensity shows a reversal of sign between earlier (∼10 ns) and later (∼150 ns) times during the relaxation of the sample. This is consistent with a physics picture whereby the laser excitation modulates the local competition between the metallic and the insulating phases.

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  1. X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, Illinois, USA

    Yuelin Li, Donald Walko, Haidan Wen, Eric Dufresne & Bernhard Adams

  2. Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, Illinois, USA

    Qing’an Li, Yaohua Liu, Stephan Rosenkranz, Hong Zheng & J. F. Mitchell

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Li, Y., Walko, D., Li, Q. et al. Photo-modulated dynamic competition between metallic and insulating phases in a layered manganite. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1636, 609 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.23

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