Published May 7, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Exchange bias induced by the fully strained La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 dead layers

  • 1. College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046 (China)
  • 2. National Lab of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanijng 210093 (China)
  • 3. Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road (Hong Kong)
  • 4. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039 (China)

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A pure compressively strained La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (LCMO) dead layer grown on (001)-oriented LaAlO3 substrate can show all the rich phenomenon of large bias field shift, coercive field enhancement, and high blocking temperature. The obtained exchange bias field (∼350 Oe) and the enhanced coercivity of about 1160 Oe at 5 K under 500 Oe cooling field are superior to that have been reported in LCMO-based ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic superlattices or nanoscale systems. Our results clearly demonstrate that the inhomogeneous magnetic dead layer of LCMO can induce a strong exchange bias effect, which may be exploited as a very simple structure for spin-valve device application

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
115
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0021-8979
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Conference

Title
55. annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials
Dates
14-18 Nov 2010
Place
Atlanta, GA (United States)

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