SOFT X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (MnL2,3AND O K) IN MIXED VALENCE MANGANITES

G. Subías, J. García, M. C. Sánchez, J. Blasco and M. G. Proietti
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G. Subías: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 6 rue Jules Horowitz, B.P.-220, F38043 – Grenoble, France
J. García: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC–Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
M. C. Sánchez: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC–Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
J. Blasco: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC–Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
M. G. Proietti: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC–Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2002, vol. 09, issue 02, 1071-1078

Abstract: Several series of oxides with Mn in a mixed valence state were studied by means of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in order to understand better the nature of the electronic structure of these 3d transition metal oxides. XANES spectra ofREMnO3,RE1-xCaxMnO3(RE: La, Pr and Tb) andRE0.5A0.5MnO3(RE–A: La–Ca, Pr–Ca, Tb–Ca and Pr–Sr) series were recorded at both MnL2,3and O K edges as a function of temperature. The Mn 2p spectra shift towards higher energies with increase of the formal valence of the Mn atom. Moreover, the spectral shape shows minor changes both with the doping ratio(x)and the variation of the RE and/or A cations. No significant changes are also found with temperature across the different magnetic and electrical phase transitions. On the other hand, the O 1s spectra are much more sensitive to the variation of RE (A) cations. The spectra show a prepeak structure at the Fermi energy corresponding to empty states in the O-2p band. This prepeak feature shifts to lower energies and increases its intensity as the formal valence of the Mn atom increases. Finally, neither O K-edge nor Mn L-edge XANES spectra ofRE1-xCaxMnO3compounds can be reproduced by a weighted linear combination ofREMnO3andCaMnO3spectra, indicating that these intermediate composition oxides cannot be described as fluctuatingMn3+–Mn4+mixed valence systems.

Date: 2002
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