Abstract
Direct electronic structure measurements of a variety of colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) oxides show the presence of a pseudogap at the Fermi energy which drastically suppresses the electron spectral function at The pseudogap is a strong function of the layer number of the samples (sample dimensionality) and is strongly temperature dependent, with the changes beginning at the ferromagnetic transition temperature These trends are consistent with the major transport trends of the CMR oxides, implying a direct relationship between the pseudogap and transport, including the “colossal” conductivity changes which occur across The k dependence of the temperature-dependent effects indicates that the pseudogap observed in these compounds is not due to the extrinsic effects proposed by Joynt.
- Received 15 November 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.1039
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