title: Ultrafast photoinduced reflectivity transients in doped manganite.
abstract: The temperature and magnetic field dependence of ultrafast photoinduced spin and quasiparticle relaxation dynamics is reported in La(0.67)Ca(0.33)MnO(3) and LaMnO(3) single crystals and thin films. Both manganites reveal an unusually slow ( approximately 10 micros) carrier relaxation process attributed to the spin-lattice relaxation in localized states. The quasiparticle dynamics is governed by the temperature- and magnetic field-dependent pseudogap in La(0.67)Ca(0.33)MnO(3), and by the temperature-independent Jahn-Teller gap in LaMnO(3). The loss of spectral weight near the Fermi level in La(0.67)Ca(0.33)MnO(3) strongy affects the quasiparticle relaxation dynamics as temperature increases from below T(C). Our results show that the coupled dynamics of charge, spin and lattice is strongly correlated with the distinct gap structures in these manganites.
authors.affiliation: Applied Science, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lüpke
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li