Abstract
Results are presented of single crystal structural, thermodynamic, and reflectivity measurements of the double-perovskite . These characterize the material as a ferromagnetic Mott insulator with an ordered moment of per formula unit and . The magnetic entropy associated with this phase transition is close to , indicating that the quartet ground state anticipated from consideration of the crystal structure is split, consistent with a scenario in which the ferromagnetism is associated with orbital ordering.
- Received 29 September 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.016404
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