Abstract
We report on structural, magnetic, and electrical properties of Sr-doped single crystals for doping levels The complex structural and magnetic phase diagram can only be explained assuming significant contributions from the orbital degrees of freedom. Close to a ferromagnetic metal is followed by an antiferromagnetic metallic phase below 200 K. This antiferromagnetic metallic phase exists in a monoclinic crystallographic structure. Following theoretical predictions this metallic antiferromagnet is expected to reveal an -type orbital order. For higher Sr concentrations an antiferromagnetic insulator is established below room temperature.
- Received 14 December 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.094410
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