Gd替代对La0.6-xGdxSr1.4MnO4磁性和输运性质的影响

随着x的增加，多晶La0.6-xGdxSr1.4MnO4（x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6）的零场冷却 曲线从类自旋玻璃型转变成顺磁型，并且每条零场冷却 曲线都有一在20K的拐点。这一行为可以从Gd和Mn各自对材料总磁性的不同贡献来理解。另外，在所有的样品中，从100K到室温，都观察到了热激活导电行为。由于Mn-Mn间强的反铁磁耦和，直到外场达到50 kOe，都没有观察到明显的磁电阻效应。     

Spin polarized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films on silicon

La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ polycrystalline manganite thin films were grown on silicon (Si) substrates covered by SiO_x amorphous native oxide. Curie temperatures of about 325 K were achieved for 70-nm-thick films. Strong room temperature XMCD signal was detected indicating high spin polarization at the surface. Cross-sectional TEM images show sharp interface between SiO_x and manganite without signature of chemical reaction at the interface. Unusual sharp splitting of the manganite film was observed: on the top of a transition layer characterized by low crystalline order, a magnetically robust layer is formed.     

Strain effects in epitaxially grown La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films

We report here on an X-ray absorption study of La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ films epitaxially grown on SrTiO₃ substrate. The local organization around Mn in oriented films with 600 Å in thickness was investigated by polarized Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure. The angle between electric field vector and film surface was set equal to 5° and 70° to investigate almost independently the contribution of the manganese neighbors situated in and out of the film plane. The first neighboring shell oxygen is found to be the same in both geometries, but small changes in the next neighboring contribution are observed. These changes are associated with variation in the Mn–Mn bond length. A small in-plane elongation (3%) is observed in the constrained films with respect to the unconstrained case.     

Nonlinear three-magnon scattering in low-damping La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films

Three-magnon scattering, a nonlinear process in which a high-energy magnon splits into two low-energy magnons with energy and momentum conservation, has been widely studied in the magnonics community. Here, we report experimental observation of nonlinear three-magnon scattering in La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ thin films with low magnetic damping(～ 10^-4) by all-electric and angle-resolved spin wave spectroscopy. The reflection spectra of the spin wave resonance wit...     

Effects of crystallographic orientation on the oxygen exchange rate of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films

The oxygen surface exchange of La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (LSM) thin films was investigated using the electrical conductivity relaxation (ECR) method. Epitaxial (100)-, (110)-, and (111)-oriented LSM films were fabricated on corresponding SrTiO₃ (STO) substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The LSM films had well-controlled surface qualities, exhibited bulk-like steady-state electrical properties, and exhibited surface dominated responses in ECR. The chemical surface exchange coefficients (k_chem) were determined and varied from ≈ 1 × 10^− 6 to 65 × 10^− 6 cm/s, depending on temperature and orientation, with activation energies of between 0.8 and 1.2 eV. At 800 °C, a four fold variation is observed in the k_chem values, with (110)/(100) being the highest/lowest, explained well by the high activation energy for (110), ≈ 1.16 eV, and the low energy for (111) and (100), ≈0.83 eV.     

Effects of the surface layer of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films

The surface layer effects on transport in epitaxial La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ thin films are studied. It was found that the two-probe resistance is nonlinear which is enhanced with decreasing temperature. Similar to the resistance of intrinsic La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ thin films reported in the literature, the apparent dynamic contact resistance behaves semiconducting at high temperatures, passes through a peak, and displays a metallic behavior. At lowest temperatures, the curve of the contact resistance versus temperature shows a little upturn. The temperature dependent work function difference between the surface layer and the thin film underneath, together with the tunneling process across either the resulting charge depleted layer or the semiconducting surface layer is used to explain our observations.     

Monte Carlo study of the critical behavior and magnetic properties of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films

Critical exponents offer important information concerning the interaction mechanisms near the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition. In this work a Monte Carlo-Metropolis simulation of the critical behavior in La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ thin films is addressed. Canonical ensemble averages for magnetization per site, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat of stoichiometric manganite within a three-dimensional classical Heisenberg model with nearest magnetic neighbor interactions are computed. The La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ thin films were simulated addressing the thickness influence and thermal dependence. In the model, Mn magnetic ions are distributed on a simple cubic lattice according to the perovskite structure of this manganite. Ferromagnetic coupling for the bonds Mn³⁺-Mn³⁺(e_g-e_g′), Mn³⁺-Mn⁴⁺(e_g-d³) and Mn³⁺-Mn⁴⁺(e_g′-d³) were taken into account. On the basis of finite-size scaling theory, our best estimates of critical exponents, linked to the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition, for the correlation length, specific heat, magnetization and susceptibility are, respectively: v=0.56±0.01, α=0.16±0.03, β=0.34±0.04γ and γ=1.17±0.05. These theoretical results are consistent with the Rushbrooke equalitiy α+2β+γ=2.     

Bulk vs. surface effects in ARPES experiment from La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin films

Experiments directly probing the electronic states using angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) were carried out on La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ in order to elucidate its electronic properties. ARPES is a surface sensitive technique where bulk and surface states are usually both present. We present high-resolution ARPES studies in the (1 0 0) and (1 1 0) mirror planes and compare them with simulated ARPES based on GGA + U band structure calculations. In the (1 1 0) mirror plane we identify surface umklapps accounted by surface reconstruction which couple to bulk electronic states. As predicted by the simulated spectra there is additional spectral intensity at the Fermi level detected in ARPES data due to k_⊥-broadening effects in the photoemission final states. We demonstrate that this additional spectral intensity is a convenient spectral marker for determination of the k_F Fermi momenta.     

Investigation of FIB irradiation damage in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films

In this work we analyse systematically how morphological and magnetotransport properties of manganite thin films are affected by the damage induced by focused ion beam (FIB) irradiation. We irradiate different areas of the same sample with doses ranging from 5×10¹² to 3×10¹⁷ ions/cm² and we find that the film becomes swollen for doses up to 10¹⁶ ions/cm² and is eventually eroded by ion milling for further irradiation. On the other hand, transport properties are much more sensitive to FIB irradiation: the metal–insulator transition temperature is found to decrease monotonically with increasing doses up to 1.8×10¹³ ions/cm². At doses higher than 5.6×10¹³ ions/cm² the metallic state is completely suppressed and likely, also ferromagnetism.     

Study of magnetic properties of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 nanotubes by Monte Carlo simulation

Magnetic properties of a single nanotube whose walls are constituted by nanograins of La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ are studied by means of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. The system is considered as composed by ferromagnetic grains which couple via dipolar interaction. The grain size distribution is obtained from experimental measurements and the inter-grain distance distribution is obtained from a study of distance distribution among magnetic particles distributed in the tube walls. We show the magnetization behavior for a tube of 700 nm of diameter and 3.5 μm length. We discuss the simulation for different temperatures and external fields. As a main result, we show that the distribution of inter-granular distances has a unique behavior for tubular structures of similar diameter/length aspect ratio, independent of their sizes. This scaling relation allows us to perform the simulations using a tube of smaller dimensions. We succeed in explaining the magnetization curves, finding that dipolar interaction is necessary to explain the experimental behavior and that the grains behave as having magnetic dead layers.     

Relevancy of phase separation between electrical and thermal properties in La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 thin films

For the purpose of finding the relevancy of phase separation between electrical and thermal properties, La_0.8Sr_0.2MnO₃ thin films, deposited on quartz glass substrates, were studied for temperature dependent resistance and thermal emittance. Based on the phase separation concept, metal phase volume fraction f was calculated from the temperature dependence of resistance and emittance properties by a phenomenological model and two-energy-level Boltzmann distribution, respectively. The two sets of f coincide with each other very well. The results show f plays an important role in the electrical transportation and thermal properties, and the two properties are essentially correlated by f.     

Electric current-induced giant electroresistance in epitaxial La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films

The electronic transport behavior of La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ epitaxial thin films with different thicknesses has been investigated under various applied DC currents. The 20 and 70 nm thick films show a giant negative electroresistance (ER). In contrast, the films with 100 nm thickness show unusual giant positive ER, which can reach 30% with the current density of 1.8×10⁸ A/cm² at room temperature. It is interesting that the electric current can also change the magnetoresistance of the films. The results were explained by considering the spin polarized current induced increase of ferromagnetic metallic phase and current-induced lattice distortion via electron wind force under high current density.     

La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/BaTiO3复合薄膜的制备及其电致磁电效应研究

使用脉冲激光沉积技术,在LaAlO₃(001)单晶基片上制备了La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃(LSMO)/BaTiO₃(BTO)双层薄膜.X射线衍射分析显示,LSMO层和BTO层呈现纯(001)取向.原子力显微镜研究表明,薄膜表面晶粒大小均匀,排列致密,表面均方根粗糙度为1.4 nm.复合薄膜的磁学、电学性能研究表明,其具有良好的磁学和介电性能.电输运测试显示,与在BTO层上施加正方向 关键词： 磁电效应 铁电/铁磁异质结构 脉冲激光沉积     

Magnetotransport properties of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3//La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 bilayers

The perovskite bilayers La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 （LCMO） （100 nm） / La0.67Sr0.33MnO3（LSMO） （100 nm） and LSMO （100 nm） / LCMO （100 nm） are fabricated by a facing-target sputtering technique. Their transport and magnetic properties are investigated. It is found that the transport properties between them are different obviously due to distinguishable structures, and the different lattice strains in both films result in the difference of metal-to-insulator transition. Only single-step magnetization loop appears in our bilayers from 5K to 320K, and the coercive force of LSMO/LCMO varies irregularly with a minimum ～ 2387A/m which is lower than that of LCMO and LSMO single layer films. The behaviour is explained by some magnetic coupling.     

La2/3Ca1/3MnO3薄膜的光致电阻率变化特性

射频磁控溅射法制备了La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃纳米薄膜(LCMO).该薄膜发生FM-PM相变的转变点温度为T_c≈308K（近似为电阻峰值温度T_p）；在不同温度下的光电导性质实验表明所制备的LCMO薄膜在连续激光作用时低温段（Tc）表现为光致电阻率增大效应，即ΔR/R＞0，并在R-T曲线拐点附近取得极大值，（ΔR/R）_max=43.5%；当T>T关键词： 钙钛矿薄膜 光响应 电子自旋 小极化子     

Thickness dependence of magnetic domain formation in La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 epitaxial thin films studied by XMCD-PEEM

We have used photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) to study the effect of thin film thickness on the magnetic domain formation in La_0.6Sr_0.4MnO₃ samples that were epitaxially grown on stepped SrTiO₃ (0 0 1) substrates. The magnetic image exhibited a stripe structure elongated along the step direction, irrespective of film thickness, suggesting that uniaxial magnetic anisotropy induced by step-and-terrace structures plays an important role in the magnetic domain formation. Additional domains evolved gradually with increasing film thickness. In these domains, the direction of magnetization differed from the step direction due to biaxial magneto-crystalline anisotropy. The evolution of additional magnetic domains with increasing film thickness implies that a competition exists between the two anisotropies in LSMO films.     

Unusual resistive switching induced by voltage in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films

The hysteretic and reversible resistive-switching effect was observed in La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ films at room temperature. The resistive switching was found to be most obvious in films fabricated at 30 Pa oxygen pressure, and more distinct in films fabricated on SrTiO₃ substrates than those fabricated on LaAlO₃ substrates. Moreover, La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ films fabricated at a certain oxygen pressure with indium electrodes showed double ‘8’ type current-voltage loops. Some of the results are explained by considering the influence of the interface effect, electrodes and oxygen vacancies, but the mechanism of the double ‘8’ type current-voltage loops remains an open question.     

Spin-polarized tunneling in nanostructured La2/3Sr1/3MnO3

We present magnetic and transport properties of nanocrystalline La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ powders prepared by a gel-combustion method using citric acid as the fuel. The coercive magnetic field H_c is significantly different to the field H_c^* for which the magnetoresistance (MR) is maximum. The MR at low fields (LFMR) exhibits a power-law dependence with magnetization, MR∝Mⁿ, with n=2.5–3.3 for temperatures ranging from 5 to 200 K. The results are discussed in terms of a distribution of particle size in our sample.     

Influence of annealing temperature on morphological and magnetic properties of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3

The nanocrystalline samples of La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃ (LSMO) have been prepared by the combustion method. The thermo gravimetric analysis of precursor was carried out. The X-ray diffraction study confirms the rhombohedral crystal structure without any other impurity phases. The morphology and magnetic properties change with annealing temperature. The saturation magnetization increases linearly and coercivity of the nanoparticles varies significantly as annealing temperature increases. The maximum saturation magnetization and lower coercivity found for the sample heat treated at 1200 °C are 52.5 emu/g and 10.7 Oe respectively.