RT Journal Article
T1 Controlling the strength of ferromagnetic order in YBa_2Cu_3O_7/La_(2/3)Ca_(1/3)MnO_3 multilayers
A1 Andrés Prada, R. de
A1 Gaina, R.
A1 Biskup Zaja, Nevenko
A1 Varela del Arco, María
A1 Stahn, J.
A1 Bernhard, C.
AB With dc magnetization and polarized neutron reflectometry we studied the ferromagnetic response of YBa_2Cu_3O_7/La_(2/3)Ca_(1/3)MnO_3 (YBCO/LCMO) multilayers that are grown with pulsed laser deposition. We found that whereas for certain growth conditions (denoted as A type) the ferromagnetic moment of the LCMO layer is strongly dependent on the structural details of the YBCO layer on which it is deposited, for others (B type) the ferromagnetism of LCMO is much more robust. Both kinds of multilayers are of similar structural quality, but electron energy-loss spectroscopy studies with a scanning transmission electron microscope reveal an enhanced average Mn oxidation state of +3.5 for the A-type as opposed to the B-type samples, for which it is close to the nominal value of +3.33. The related, additional hole doping of the A-type LCMO layers, which likely originates from La and/or Mn vacancies, can explain their fragile ferromagnetic order, since it places them close to the boundary of the ferromagnetic order at which even weak perturbations can induce an antiferromagnetic or glassy state. On the other hand, we show that the B-type samples allow one to obtain YBCO/LCMO heterostructures with very thick YBCO layers and, yet, strongly ferromagnetic LCMO layers.
PB American Physical Society
SN 2469-9950
YR 2019
FD 2019-09-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13719
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13719
LA eng
NO ©2019 American Physical SocietyThis work is partially based upon experiments performed at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. The work at the University of Fribourg was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) through Grants No. 200020-172611 and No. CRSII2-154410/1. The electron microscopy studies were carried out at the Centro Nacional de Microscopia Electronica at the University Complutense de Madrid and sponsored by the Spanish MINECO/MICINN/FEDER through Grants No. MAT2015-66888-C3-3-R and No. RTI2018-097895-B-C43.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN) / FEDER
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Fundación Nacional de Ciencia de Suiza (NSF)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 abr 2024