Time-resolved electronic phase transitions in manganites.
The dynamics of first-order electronic phase transitions in complex transition metal oxides are not well understood but are crucial in understanding the emergent phenomena of electronic phase separation. We show that a manganite system reduced to the scale of its inherent electronic charge-ordered insulating and ferromagnetic metal phase domains allows for the direct observation of single electronic phase domain fluctuations within a critical regime of temperature and magnetic field at the metal-insulator transition.
Ward
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Materials Sciences and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA.
Zhang
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Yin
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Zhang
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Liu
Ming
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Snijders
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PC
Jesse
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Plummer
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Cheng
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ZH
Dagotto
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Shen
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