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Title: Magneto-transport properties of the rutheno-cuprated RuSr{sub 2}GdCu{sub 2}O{sub 8}

Journal Article · · Journal of Low Temperature Physics

RuSr{sub 2}GdCu{sub 2}O{sub 8} (Ru-1212) is a triple perovskite containing both CuO{sub 2} and RuO{sub 2} layers. It has attracted a great deal of interest recently because it displays electronic ferromagnetism and superconductivity coexisting on a microscopic scale, with T{sub Curie} {approximately} 135K and {Tc} up to 50K. The authors report magnetization and magnetoresistance (MR) data that exhibit effects due to the interaction between the ferromagnetic ruthenium moments and the conduction electrons. The MR is negative at temperatures above T{sub Curie}, and is proportional to the square of the applied field well above this temperature. Below T{sub Curie} the MR displays a positive peak at fields of around 15 kOe, but at high fields it becomes negative again, and approximately linear. They analyze the high temperature data in terms of spin-disorder scattering theory and extract a value for the exchange interaction between the carriers in the CuO{sub 2} planes and the Ru spins.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Cambridge (GB)
OSTI ID:
20015294
Journal Information:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 5-6; Conference: International Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Molecular and Oxide Superconductors, Stockholm (SE), 07/28/1999--08/02/1999; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1999; ISSN 0022-2291
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English