New type of charge and magnetic order in the ferromagnetic kondo lattice

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Oct 23;85(17):3720-3. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3720.

Abstract

We study numerically the one dimensional ferromagnetic Kondo lattice, a model widely used to describe nickel and manganese perovskites. By including a nearest-neighbor Coulomb interaction ( V) and a superexchange interaction between the localized moments ( K), we obtain the phase diagram in parameter space for several dopings at T = 0. Because of the competition between double and superexchange, we find a region where the formation of magnetic polarons induces a charge-ordered state which survives also for V = 0. This mechanism should be taken into account in theories of charge ordering involving spin degrees of freedom.