Nonlinear magneto-optical properties of colossal magnetoresistive manganites

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Jun 25;86(26 Pt 1):6002-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.6002.

Abstract

Pr(1--x)CaxMnO(3) and Nd(1--x)SrxMnO(3) were investigated with three-photon difference frequency generation (DFG). This method allows one to determine both the crystalline and the magnetic symmetry. In the highly ordered low-temperature phase of Nd(0.50)Sr(0.50)MnO(3), a DFG contribution coupling simultaneously to antiferromagnetic and charge ordering was observed and used to reveal the formation of domains. Thus, magnetically induced three-photon processes are introduced into the fields of both nonlinear magneto-optics and colossal magnetoresistance as a powerful new method.