Rh. Heffner et al., Observation of two time scales in the ferromagnetic manganite La1-xCaxMnO3, x approximate to 0.3, PHYS REV L, 85(15), 2000, pp. 3285-3288
We report new zero-field muon spin relaxation and neutron spin echo measure
ments in ferromagnetic (FM) (La,Ca)MnO3 which suggest at least two spatiall
y separated regions possessing very different Mn-ion spin dynamics. One reg
ion displays diffusive relaxation, "critical slowing down" near T-C and an
increasing volume fraction below T-C, suggesting overdamped FM spinwaves be
low T-C. The second region possesses more slowly fluctuating spins, a linew
idth independent of q, and a decreasing volume fraction below T-C. The esti
mated length scale for the inhomogeneity is less than or equal to 30 Angstr
om.