Superconducting and normal-state interlayer-exchange-coupling in La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO${3}$-YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}-La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$ MnO${3}$ epitaxial trilayers

Details Superconducting and normal-state interlayer-exchange-coupling in La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO${3}$-YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}-La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$ MnO${3}$ epitaxial trilayers Superconducting and normal-state interlayer-exchange-coupling in La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO${3}$-YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}-La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$ MnO${3}$ epitaxial trilayers

2005-04-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504237v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.224507

The issue of interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers with superconducting (SC) spacer is addressed in La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ (LSMO) - YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ (YBCO) - La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ (LSMO) epitaxial trilayers through resistivity, ac-susceptibility and magnetization measurements. The ferromagnetic (FM) LSMO layers possessing in-plane magnetization suppress the critical temperature (T$_{c})$ of the c-axis oriented YBCO thin film spacer. The superconducting order, however, survives even in very thin layers (thickness d$_{Y} \sim $ 50 {\AA}, $\sim $ 4 unit cells) at T $<$ 25 K. A predominantly antiferromagnetic (AF) exchange coupling between the moments of the LSMO layers at fields $<$ 200 Oe is seen in the normal as well as the superconducting states of the YBCO spacer. The exchange energy J$_{1}$ ($\sim $ 0.08 erg/cm$^{2}$ at 150 K for d$_{Y}$ = 75 {\AA}) grows on cooling down to T$_{c}$, followed by truncation of this growth on entering the superconducting state. The coupling energy J$_{1}$ at a fixed temperature drops exponentially with the thickness of the YBCO layer. The temperature and d$_{Y}$ dependencies of this primarily non-oscillatory J$_{1}$ are consistent with the coupling theories for systems in which transport is controlled by tunneling. The truncation of the monotonic T dependence of J$_{1}$ below T$_{c}$ suggests inhibition of single electron tunneling across the CuO$_{2}$ planes as the in-plane gap parameter acquires a non-zero value.

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