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Long-ranged Cu-based order with $$d_{z^2}$$ orbital character at a YBa2Cu3O7/ manganite interface

Gaina, Roxana ; Nicholson, Christopher W. ; Rumo, Maxime ; Sarkar, Subhrangsu ; Khmaladze, Jarji ; Paris, Eugenio ; Tseng, Yi ; Zhang, Wenliang ; Asmara, Teguh C. ; McNally, Daniel ; Piamonteze, Cinthia ; Weschke, Eugen ; Schmitt, Thorsten ; Monney, Claude ; Bernhard, Christian

In: npj Quantum Materials, 2021, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 12

The interplay of nearly degenerate orders in quantum materials can lead to a myriad of emergent phases. A prominent case is that of the high-Tc cuprates for which the relationship between superconductivity and a short-ranged, incommensurate charge density wave in the CuO2 planes involving the dx2−y2 orbitals (Cu-CDW) is a subject of great current interest. Strong modifications of the...

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Magneto-transport in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/YBa2Cu3O7/Alq3/Co spin-valves

Cerreta, Andrea ; Gaina, Roxana ; Nuccio, Laura ; Marozau, Ivan ; Sen, Kaushik ; De Andrés Prada, Roberto ; Sarkar, Subhrangsu ; Bernhard, Christian

In: EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2020, vol. 129, no. 3, p. 37002

We studied how an additional layer of the high superconductor YBCO affects the magneto-transport across a LSMO/Alq3/Co spin-valve structure. We found that up to a thickness of at least 10 nm the YBCO layer on top of LSMO hardly changes the spin-valve effect, since the device resistance still depends on the relative orientation of the LSMO and Co magnetization. The spin-valve effect persists...

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Granular superconductivity and charge/orbital order in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 /manganite trilayers

Khmaladze, Jarji ; Sarkar, Subhrangsu ; Soulier, Mathias ; Lyzwa, Fryderyk ; Prada, R. de Andres ; Perret, Edith ; Mallett, Benjamin P. P. ; Minola, M. ; Keimer, B. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review Materials, 2019, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 084801

We studied how the electronic, superconducting, and magnetic properties of YBa2Cu3O7/Nd1−x(Ca1−ySry )xMnO3 multilayers depend on the tolerance factor and the hole doping of the manganite. In particular, we investigated the granular superconducting state and the related magnetic-field-driven insulator-to- superconductor transition that was previously discovered in corresponding multilayers...