Activation energy in La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 /YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ / La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 superconducting trilayers

M. Salvato (), F. Bobba, G. Calabrese, C. Cirillo, A. M. Cucolo, A. De Santis, A. Vecchione and C. Attanasio

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 51, issue 1, 79-85

Abstract: Resistivity vs. temperature measurements on La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 /YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ /La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 (LCMO/YBCO/LCMO) trilayers with different YBCO thickness, were performed in external magnetic field H up to 8 T. By evaluating the activation energy U from the slope of the resistivity Arrhenius plot, a strong depression of U has been observed when decreasing the YBCO layer thickness and the absolute U values appear to be reduced with respect to the values reported in literature in the case of YBCO thin films and YBCO/insulating multilayers. Moreover, a logarithmic U vs. H dependence is shown both in the case of thick and thin YBCO layers indicating the formation of a two dimensional vortex lattice. The experimental data are discussed considering the strong influence of the ferromagnetic LCMO on the superconducting YBCO properties which reduces the effective YBCO thickness more than predicted by the conventional theories. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 74.25.Qt Vortex lattices; flux pinning; flux creep; 75.47.Lx Manganites; 74.78.Fk Multilayers; superlattices; heterostructures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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