Studies of the magnetization curves of electron-doped single-crystal manganites Ca
1 − x
Ln
x
MnO
3 (
Ln = La
3+, Ce
4+;
x ≤ 0.12) in strong pulsed magnetic fields of up to 350 kOe have revealed a metamagnetic transition in Ca
0.9Ce
0.1MnO
3 in the temperature range 77–190 K. The critical transition fields increase to ∼350 kOe with the temperature decreasing to
100 K. The spin polarization is ∼50% of the theoretical value. These results are interpreted as due to “melting” of the orbital/charge
ordering below the temperature
T
OO/CO = 185 K =
T
N (of the
C type AFM phase); this entails a decrease in the volume of the ordered phase with localized carriers and an increase in the
volume of the ferromagnetic phase with delocalized carriers. The temperature and field dependences of the magnetization are
used to compare two manganite systems in the region of the two-phase magnetic state.
PACS numbers 75.47.Lx - 75.60.Ej
Original Russian Text © N.N. Loshkareva, N.V. Mushnikov, A.V. Korolev, A.M. Balbashov, 2009, published in Fizika Tverdogo
Tela, 2009, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 727–728.