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Electronic Structure of Pr 0.67 Ca 0.33 MnO 3 64 300 K 77 K 5 X Difference (a) 300 K 110 K 5 X Difference (b) Intensity (arb. units) -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 300 K 220 K 5 X Difference (d) -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 300 K 150 K 5 X Difference (c) -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 Binding Energy (eV) -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 Figure 3.2: High-resolution photoemission spectra of the near-E F region of the valence band of Pr 0.67 Ca 0.33 MnO 3 . In (a) the spectrum taken below T c (red) is compared with the normal state (300 K) spectrum (blue). The difference spectrum (green) obtained by subtracting the spectra at 300 K from 77 K and multiplied by 5 is also shown in the panel. Similarly, in (b), (c), and (d) the near-E F spectra taken at 110, 150, and 220 K are compared with that taken at 300 K. The feature in the difference spectra corresponds to the tail feature A (e g↑ ) in Fig. 3.1. is quite small compared to B and C and is a signature of the insulating nature of this material. Earlier photoemission experiments on La 1−x Sr x MnO 3 also have shown that the intensity of this tail feature A is quite small [8, 20, 21, 22, 23]. The presence of the feature A is clear from Fig. 3.2, where we have shown the near-E F region of the valence band spectra taken with a higher resolution. Here, the spectra taken at different temperatures have been compared with those at room temperature. The figure also shows the difference spectra obtained by subtracting the room-temperature spectra from spectra taken at low temperatures. The feature in the difference spectra corresponds to A, which originates from the e g↑ states [22]. In order to estimate the relative changes in all the three features (A, B, and C) due to temperature, we have carefully fitted the whole valence band spectrum with
Electronic Structure of Pr 0.67 Ca 0.33 MnO 3 65 0.014 (a) 0.012 Normalized Intensity 0.01 0.6 0.55 0.5 0.45 (b) (c) 0.4 100 150 200 250 300 Temperature (K) Figure 3.3: Temperature dependence of the area of the three valence band features obtained from fitting the spectra with Lorentzian line shapes using a χ 2 iterative program. We have used an integral background, which was kept the same for all the spectra. The energy positions and FWHMs were determined by finding the best fit common to all the spectra by the iterative program. The final fit for all spectra at different temperatures were obtained with the same energy positions and FWHMs. (a), (b), and (c) correspond to the features A, B, and C positioned at -1.19, -3.49, and -5.63 eV with FWHMs 2.56, 1.93, and 1.37 eV respectively.
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SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE
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iii To My Parents
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Maharana, P. Khare, D. K. Basa, K.
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List of Publications/Preprints [1]
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Synopsis The perovskite type mangan
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to the t 2g and e g spin-up states
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Bibliography [1] R. von Helmolt, J.
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Contents CERTIFICATE Acknowledgemen
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List of Figures 1.1 Temperature dep
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2.2 Schematic view of the energetic
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3.4 O K edge x-ray absorption spect
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1
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Introduction 3 The temperature and
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Introduction 5 Figure 1.2: Schemati
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Introduction 7 Figure 1.4: A schema
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Introduction 9 Figure 1.6: Schemati
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Introduction 11 Figure 1.8: Differe
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