Optical reflectivity spectra measured on cleaved surfaces of La1-xSrxMnO3: Evidence against extremely small drude weight

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1828-1831

  Takenaka, Koshi ^a   Iida, Kenji ^a   Sawaki, Yuko ^a   Sugai, Shunji ^a   Moritomo, Yutaka ^a   Nakamura, Arao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMR; Double exchange ferromagnet; Drude weight; Manganite; Optical conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033414891     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.68.1828     Document Type: Article

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