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Temperature dependent scattering rate and optical mass of ferromagnetic metallic manganites

J. R. Simpson, H. D. Drew, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, M. C. Robson, Amlan Biswas, M. Rajeswari

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9908419

Abstract

We report on the optical properties of the hole-doped manganites La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and La0.7Ca0.3MnO3. Transmission and reflection of thin films are measured in the infrared at temperatures from 10 - 150 K using Fourier-transform spectroscopy. The scattering rate and optical mass are obtained by fitting the far-infrared transmission to a Drude model. The scattering rate shows a T2 dependence with temperature. The optical mass enhancement differs only slightly from specific heat results. In addition, we compare the infrared spectral weight to band structure calculations [M. Quijada et al., Phys. Rev. B 58, 16093 (1998)].

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