Anomalous hopping magnetoresistance in semiconductors with complex magnetic structure: Application to lightly doped La 2CuO 4
Abstract
A mechanism of hopping magnetoresistance (MR) due to the interaction of localized carriers' spins and and spins of magnetic subsystem in magnetic semiconductors is proposed. The external magnetic field H affects resistance R indirectly: H governs the order in magnetic subsystem, which in its turn affects the hopping probabilities. The arising magnetoresistance is unusual: it may be negative and may have jumps or kinks at magnetic phase transitions. The experimental data on MR of La 2CuO 4 is interpreted. It is shown that for the quantitative agreement the assumption of a polaronic effect in this substance is required.
- Publication:
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Solid State Communications
- Pub Date:
- April 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0038-1098(91)90284-3
- Bibcode:
- 1991SSCom..78..205G