In-plane anisotropy of the electronic structure for the charge- and orbital-ordered state in half-doped manganite with layered structure

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Aug 18;97(7):077203. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.077203. Epub 2006 Aug 17.

Abstract

We report on the in-plane anisotropy of the electronic response in the spin-, charge-, and orbital-ordered phase of a half-doped layered-structure manganite. The optical conductivity spectra for a single domain of Eu1/2Ca3/2MnO4 unambiguously show the anisotropic charge dynamics which well corresponds to the theoretical calculation: the optical conductivity with the polarization along the zigzag ferromagnetic chain direction exhibits a smaller gap and a larger intensity at lower energies than that of the perpendicular polarization mostly due to the charge and orbital ordering and the associated quantum interference effect.