Recent experiments reported giant magnetoresistance at room temperature in LaOMnAs. Here a density functional theory calculation is performed to investigate magnetic properties of LaOMnAs. The ground state is found to be the G-type antiferromagnetic order within the ab plane but coupled ferromagnetically between planes, in agreement with recent neutron investigations. The electronic band structures suggest an insulating state which is driven by the particular G-type magnetic order, while a metallic state accompanies the ferromagnetic order. This relation between magnetism and conductance may be helpful to qualitatively understand the giant magnetoresistance effects.
@article{arxiv.1312.1775,
title = {First Principles Study of the Magnetic Properties of LaOMnAs},
author = {Shuai Dong and Wei Li and Xin Huang and Elbio Dagotto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.1775},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
3 pages, 3 figures. Proceeding of MMM conference, accepted