La-139 NMR detection of ferromagnetic clusters far above the Curie temperature in La0.7Ca0.3Fe0.09Mn0.91O3 spin-glass manganite
: Matveev VV, Ylinen E, Zakhvalinskii VS, Laiho R
Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
: 2007
: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
: J PHYS-CONDENS MAT
: 19
: 22
: 6
: 0953-8984
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/19/22/226209
The dependence of the La-139 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin- echo signal on temperature and on the power of the applied radio- frequency pulse is investigated in zero applied magnetic field in La0.7Ca0.3Fe0.09Mn0.91O3 (LCFMO) with Curie temperature (TC) of about 125 K. Plots of the spin-echo signal versus the NMR pulse power reveal two maxima, out of which the high-power component is observed up to temperatures above TC. It is also found that while the temperature dependence of the NMR signal amplitude follows the value of static magnetization M(T-C), the NMR frequency, which is related to the local field at La positions, decreases only slowly and the La-139 NMR signal is preserved at least to 220 K. These results confirm the existence of large ferromagnetic clusters with long life- times above TC in LCFMO.