Spin-dependent magnetoresistance of ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnetLa 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 ∕ YBa 2 Cu 3
Author(s) -
C. Visani,
V. Peña,
Javier GarcíaBarriocanal,
D. Arias,
Z. Sefrioui,
C. León,
J. Santamarı́a,
N. M. Nemes,
M. GarcíaHernández,
J. L. Martı́nez,
S. G. E. te Velthuis,
Axel Hoffmann
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4489
pISSN - 1098-0121
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.75.054501
Subject(s) - magnetoresistance , condensed matter physics , ferromagnetism , superconductivity , physics , anisotropy , magnetic field , field (mathematics) , quasiparticle , spin (aerodynamics) , materials science , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , mathematics , pure mathematics
We report on large magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet trilayer structures made of La_(0.7)Ca_(0.3)MnO_(3) and YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7). We find that the shape and height of the magnetoresistance peaks are not modified when the relative orientation of current and magnetic field is changed from parallel to perpendicular. Furthermore, we find that the temperature shift of the resistance curves is independent of current and of the sweep rate of the magnetic field. These observations favor the view that the magnetoresistance phenomenon originates in the spin dependent transport of quasiparticles transmitted from the ferromagnetic electrodes into the superconductor, and rule out interpretations in terms of spontaneous vortices or anisotropic magnetoresistance of the ferromagnetic layers
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