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Controlling the strength of ferromagnetic order in YBa2Cu3O7/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 multilayers

Andrés Prada, Roberto de ; Gaina, Roxana ; Biškup, N. ; Varela, M. ; Stahn, J. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review B, 2019, vol. 100, no. 11, p. 115129

With dc magnetization and polarized neutron reflectometry we studied the ferromagnetic response of YBa2Cu3O7/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (YBCO/LCMO) multilayers that are grown with pulsed laser deposition. We found that whereas for certain growth conditions (denoted as A type) the ferromagnetic moment of the LCMO layer is strongly dependent on the structural details of the YBCO layer on which it is ...

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Structural, magnetic and electronic properties of pulsed-laser-deposition grown SrFeO 3− δ thin films and SrFeO 3− δ /La 2/3 Ca 1/3 MnO 3 multilayers

Perret, Edith ; Sen, Kaushik ; Khmaladze, Jarji ; Mallett, Benjamin P. P. ; Yazdi-Rizi, Meghdad ; Maršík, Premysl ; Das, Saikat ; Marozau, Ivan ; Uribe-Laverde, Miguel Angel ; Andrés Prada, R. de ; Strempfer, J. ; Döbeli, Max ; Biškup, N. ; Varela, M. ; Mathis, Y.-L. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017, vol. 29, no. 49, p. 495601

We studied the structural, magnetic and electronic properties of ${\rm SrFeO}_{3- \delta}$ (SFO) thin films and ${\rm SrFeO}_{3-\delta}$ /${\rm La}_{2/3}$ ${\rm Ca}_{1/3}$ MnO3 (LCMO) superlattices that have been grown with pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on ${\rm La}_{0.3}$ ${\rm Sr}_{0.7}$ ${\rm Al}_{0.65}$ ${\rm Ta}_{0.35}$ ${\rm O}_{3}$ (LSAT) substrates. X-ray reflectometry and scanning ...

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Superconductivity and charge-carrier localization in ultrathin ${\mathrm{La}}_{1.85}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{0.15}{\mathrm{CuO}}_{4}/{\mathrm{La}}_{2}{\mathrm{CuO}}_{4}$ bilayers

Sen, Kaushik ; Maršík, Premysl ; Das, Saikat ; Perret, E. ; Andres Prada, R. de ; Alberca, Aurora ; Biškup, N. ; Varela, M. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review B, 2017, vol. 95, no. 21, p. 214506

La1.85Sr0.15CuO4/La2CuO4 (LSCO15/LCO) bilayers with a precisely controlled thickness of N unit cells (UCs) of the former and M UCs of the latter ([LSCO15_N/LCO_M]) were grown on (001)-oriented SrLaAlO4 (SLAO) substrates with pulsed laser deposition (PLD). X-ray diffraction and reciprocal space map (RSM) studies confirmed the epitaxial growth of the bilayers and showed that a [LSCO15_2/LCO_2]...

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Granular superconductivity and magnetic-field-driven recovery of macroscopic coherence in a cuprate/manganite multilayer

Mallett, Benjamin P. P. ; Khmaladze, Jarji ; Marsik, Premysl ; Perret, Edith ; Cerreta, A. ; Orlita, M. ; Biškup, N. ; Varela, M. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review B, 2016, vol. 94, no. 18, p. 180503

We show that in Pr0.5La0.2Ca0.3MnO3/YBa2Cu3O7 (PLCMO/YBCO) multilayers the low temperature state of YBCO is very resistive and resembles that of a granular superconductor or a frustrated Josephson-junction network. Notably, a coherent superconducting response can be restored with a large magnetic field which also suppresses the charge-orbital order in PLCMO. This coincidence suggests that the...

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X-ray absorption study of the ferromagnetic Cu moment at the ${\mathrm{YBa}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}/{\mathrm{La}}_{2/3}{\mathrm{Ca}}_{1/3}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ interface and variation of its exchange interaction with the Mn moment

Sen, Kaushik ; Perret, Edith ; Alberca, Aurora ; Uribe-Laverde, Miguel Angel ; Marozau, Ivan ; Yazdi-Rizi, M. ; Mallett, Benjamin P. P. ; Maršík, Premysl ; Piamonteze, C. ; Khaydukov, Yu N. ; Döbeli, Max ; Keller, T. ; Biškup, N. ; Varela, M. ; Vašátko, J. ; Munzar, Dominik ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review B, 2016, vol. 93, no. 20, p. 205131

With x-ray absorption spectroscopy and polarized neutron reflectometry we studied how the magnetic proximity effect at the interface between the cuprate high-TC superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) and the ferromagnet La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (LCMO) is related to the electronic and magnetic properties of the LCMO layers. In particular, we explored how the magnitude of the ferromagnetic Cu moment on the YBCO...

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Atomic-resolution studies of epitaxial strain release mechanisms in $\mathrm{L}{\mathrm{a}}_{1.85}\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{r}}_{0.15}\mathrm{Cu}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}/\mathrm{L}{\mathrm{a}}_{0.67}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{a}}_{0.33}\mathrm{Mn}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ superlattices

Biškup, N. ; Das, Saikat ; Gonzalez-Calbet, J. M. ; Bernhard, Christian ; Varela, M.

In: Physical Review B, 2015, vol. 91, no. 20, p. 205132

In this paper we present an atomic-resolution electron microscopy study of superlattices (SLs) where the colossal magnetoresistant manganite La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO) and the high critical temperature superconducting cuprate La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 (LSCO) are combined. Although good quality epitaxial growth can be achieved, both the choice of substrate and the relatively large lattice mismatch between...