Selective interlayer ferromagnetic coupling between the Cu spins in YBa2Cu3O7–x grown on top of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3

Huang, S. W.; Wray, L. Andrew; Jeng, Horng -Tay; Tra, V. T.; Lee, J. M.; Langner, M. C.; Chen, J. M.; Roy, S.; Chu, Y. H.; Schoenlein, R. W.; Chuang, Y. -D.; Lin, J. -Y.

doi:10.1038/srep16690

Selective interlayer ferromagnetic coupling between the Cu spins in YBa₂Cu₃O_7–x grown on top of La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃

Journal Article · Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16690· OSTI ID:1228034

Huang, S. W. ^[1]; Wray, L. Andrew ^[2]; Jeng, Horng -Tay ^[3]; Tra, V. T. ^[4]; Lee, J. M. ^[5]; Langner, M. C. ^[1]; Chen, J. M. ^[5]; Roy, S. ^[1]; Chu, Y. H. ^[4]; Schoenlein, R. W. ^[1]; Chuang, Y. -D. ^[1]; Lin, J. -Y. ^[6]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); New York Univ., New York, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan); Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)

Studies to date on ferromagnet/d-wave superconductor heterostructures focus mainly on the effects at or near the interfaces while the response of bulk properties to heterostructuring is overlooked. Here we use resonant soft x-ray scattering spectroscopy to reveal a novel c-axis ferromagnetic coupling between the in-plane Cu spins in YBa₂Cu₃O_7–x (YBCO) superconductor when it is grown on top of ferromagnetic La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ (LCMO) manganite layer. This coupling, present in both normal and superconducting states of YBCO, is sensitive to the interfacial termination such that it is only observed in bilayers with MnO₂ but not with La_0.7Ca_0.3O interfacial termination. Thus, such contrasting behaviors, we propose, are due to distinct energetic of CuO chain and CuO₂ plane at the La_0.7Ca_0.3O and MnO₂ terminated interfaces respectively, therefore influencing the transfer of spin-polarized electrons from manganite to cuprate differently. Our findings suggest that the superconducting/ferromagnetic bilayers with proper interfacial engineering can be good candidates for searching the theorized Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state in cuprates and studying the competing quantum orders in highly correlated electron systems.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC03-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1228034

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1257405
OSTI ID: 1378650

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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