Origin of the inverse spin-switch behavior in manganite/cuprate/manganite trilayers
N. M. Nemes, M. García-Hernández, S. G. E. te Velthuis, A. Hoffmann, C. Visani, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, V. Peña, D. Arias, Z. Sefrioui, C. Leon, J. Santamaría
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.094515 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We studied ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet trilayers based on La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 manganite and YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) high-Tc cuprate with magnetoresistance and magnetization measurements. We find an inverse superconducting spin-switch behavior, where superconductivity is favored for parallel alignment of the magnetization in the ferromagnetic layers. We argue that this inverse superconducting spin switch originates from the transmission of spin-polarized carriers into the superconductor. In this picture, the thickness dependence of the magnetoresistance yields the spin-diffusion length in YBCO as 13 nm. A comparison of bilayers and trilayers allows ruling out the effect of the stray fields of the domain structure of the ferromagnet as the source of the inverse superconducting spin switch.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
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| YBa2Cu3O7-δ Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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