自旋输运和巨磁电阻--自旋电子学的物理基础之一

介绍磁性纳米结构和锰氧化物中电子的自旋极化输运和巨磁电阻效应，它们是新近发展的自旋电子学的物理基础之一．着重讨论的是以下三方面的基本物理图像：磁多层结构的巨磁电阻，铁磁隧道结的隧穿磁电阻，掺杂锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应．     

稀土掺杂锰氧化物庞磁电阻效应

过去十多年来，具有庞磁电阻效应的稀土掺杂锰氧化物成为了凝聚态物理研究的重要领域。锰氧化物的载流子自旋极化率高，且在居里温度附近表现出很大的磁电阻效应，因此在自旋电子学中有潜在的应用前景。另一方面，锰氧化物是典型的强关联电子体系，它对目前有关强关联体系的认识提出了很大挑战。本文综述了锰氧化物的各种性质及其物理原因。全文首先概述了锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应及其晶格和电子结构，简单介绍了其他一些庞磁电阻材料；随后综述了锰氧化物的电荷／轨道有序相及其输运性质；在第四部分简单介绍了锰氧化物中庞磁电阻效应的机制；最后讨论了锰氧化物的一些可能的应用，如低场磁电阻效应、磁隧道结、磁p-n结以及全钙钛矿的场效应管和自旋极化电子注入装置等。     

稀土掺杂锰氧化物庞磁电阻效应

过去十多年来,具有庞磁电阻效应的稀土掺杂锰氧化物成为了凝聚态物理研究的重要领域。锰氧化物的载流子自旋极化率高,且在居里温度附近表现出很大的磁电阻效应,因此在自旋电子学中有潜在的应用前景。另一方面,锰氧化物是典型的强关联电子体系,它对目前有关强关联体系的认识提出了很大挑战。本文综述了锰氧化物的各种性质及其物理原因。全文首先概述了锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应及其晶格和电子结构,简单介绍了其他一些庞磁电阻材料;随后综述了锰氧化物的电荷/轨道有序相及其输运性质;在第四部分简单介绍了锰氧化物中庞磁电阻效应的机制;最后讨论了锰氧化物的一些可能的应用,如低场磁电阻效应、磁隧道结、磁p＿n结以及全钙钛矿的场效应管和自旋极化电子注入装置等。     

Ag掺杂La-K-Mn-O非均匀多晶体系的电磁性质

用溶胶-凝胶方法制备了1/mAg₂O-La_0.833K_0.167MnO₃ (LKMO/Ag)系列样品，其中1/m代表Ag₂O和La_0.833K_0.167MnO₃(LKMO)的摩尔比，m=32，16，8，4和2. 研究了此系列样品的结构、磁性和输运特性. X射线衍射实验表明，LKMO/Ag是一个非均匀的系统，样品由磁性的钙钛矿相LKMO和金属Ag相组成. 由于Ag相的加入，在室温条件下，磁电阻效应明显增强. 在300 K, 0.5 T磁场下，m=4样品的磁电阻可以达到32%；5.5 T磁场下，其磁电阻可达64%. 而单纯的LKMO样品在相同条件下的磁电阻分别为10%和35%. 在低温下，加Ag样品的磁电阻效应反而减小，样品含Ag越多，磁电阻效应越小. 用非本征磁电阻(包括自旋极化隧穿和自旋相关散射)和本征磁电阻在不同温区对总磁电阻的相对贡献对此系列样品的磁电阻现象作了定性的解释. 关键词： 自旋极化隧穿 自旋相关散射 低场磁电阻 高场磁电阻     

逾渗驱动的高自旋极化氧化物材料磁电阻增强效应——网络效应与调控

锰氧化物具有内禀的多尺度非均匀性,这与同时活跃的多个自由度——自旋、电荷、晶格和轨道——非线性耦合,以及多种相互作用的共存密切相关。更重要的是,这种极为特殊的物理现象可能是庞磁电阻效应的微观起源——铁磁金属相在磁场作用下的逾渗而驱动的磁电阻效应。另一方面,在某组分导电逾渗阈值附近的磁电阻显著增强效应,是高自旋极化氧化物颗粒体系所具有的普遍现象之一。因此,针对各种高自旋极化氧化物的非均匀和颗粒复合体系,逾渗驱动磁电阻增强效应的研究具有重要的学术意义和应用价值,其中输运网络理论为重要的理论研究。在充分认识电磁输运微观机制的基础之上,通过调控输运网络的结构,探讨逾渗驱动磁电阻增强的必要条件,可以找出实现可控性高且幅值较大的磁电阻的新途径、新方法。本文主要基于电阻网络模型,综述高自旋极化氧化物材料中多相共存体系的磁输运性质研究的主要背景和发展现状,充分结合相关的实验结果,介绍逾渗驱动磁电阻效应增强的物理机制,以及各类电输运网络的构建,并展望未来的发展。     

磁电垒结构中自旋极化输运性质的研究

研究了电子隧穿几类磁电垒结构的自旋极化输运性质，导出统一的传输概率公式，揭示了非 均匀磁场的分布与自旋过滤的关系，同时表明采用有效朗德因子较大的半导体材料可以显著 增强磁电垒结构的自旋过滤效果. 关键词： 磁电垒 自旋过滤 自旋电子学 自旋极化     

磁电子学中的若干问题

本文综述了自旋极化输运过程中巡游电子的自旋极化、自旋相关的散射及自旋弛豫等三方面的内容；全面总结了铁磁金属的磁电阻效应（ＡＭＲ）、磁性金属多层膜和颗粒膜的巨磁电阻效应（ＧＭＲ）、氧化物铁磁体的特大磁电阻效应（ＣＭＲ）以及磁隧道结的巨大隧道电阻效应（ＴＭＲ）研究中具有代表性的实验结果及理论模型；简单介绍了新生的磁电子器件—磁电阻型随机存取存储器（ＭＲＡＭ）和全金属自旋晶体管的工作原理和工作过程。     

高自旋极化氧化物材料的颗粒边界磁电阻效应

颗粒边界磁电阻是高自旋极化氧化物颗粒体系中由于颗粒边界的存在而导致显著的磁电阻效应。本文将这种磁电阻效应定义为颗粒边界磁电阻效应。这里所说的颗粒边界,包括各种自然和人工晶界、粉末颗粒表面、复合材料中的颗粒界面等多种情况;所涉及的材料包括高自旋极化氧化物多晶、压缩粉末和各种复合材料等。对颗粒边界磁电阻效应的研究,不仅有助于人们进一步理解高自旋极化氧化物磁输运性质的基本机制,并为寻求具有高磁电阻效应的新型自旋电子学器件提供理论基础。本文综述了高自旋极化氧化物颗粒边界磁电阻研究的主要背景和发展现状,介绍了该领域中主要的实验发现和理论模型,展望了未来的发展。     

(1-x)La_(0.7)Ca_(0.3)MnO_3/xCoFe_2O_4复合体系的电子输运和磁电阻特性的研究

本文采用两步法制备了(1-x)La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/xCoFe2O4复合样品,对样品的电磁输运特性的测量表明,随着CFO含量的增加,复合样品电阻率增大,且出现双峰,而比饱和磁矩却先减小后增大;另外在样品中观察到了低温增强的磁电阻效应,这一低场磁电阻效应与颗粒晶界处传导电子所受到的自旋极化隧穿和散射有关.     

逾渗驱动的高自旋极化氧化物材料磁电阻增强效应——网络效应与调控

锰氧化物具有内禀的多尺度非均匀性,这与同时活跃的多个自由度--自旋、电荷、晶格和轨道--非线性耦合,以及多种相互作用的共存密切相关.更重要的是, 这种极为特殊的物理现象可能是庞磁电阻效应的微观起源--铁磁金属相在磁场作用下的逾渗而驱动的磁电阻效应.另一方面,在某组分导电逾渗阈值附近的磁电阻显著增强效应,是高自旋极化氧化物颗粒体系所具有的普遍现象之一.因此,针对各种高自旋极化氧化物的非均匀和颗粒复合体系,逾渗驱动磁电阻增强效应的研究具有重要的学术意义和应用价值,其中输运网络理论为重要的理论研究.在充分认识电磁输运微观机制的基础之上,通过调控输运网络的结构,探讨逾渗驱动磁电阻增强的必要条件,可以找出实现可控性高且幅值较大的磁电阻的新途径、新方法.本文主要基于电阻网络模型,综述高自旋极化氧化物材料中多相共存体系的磁输运性质研究的主要背景和发展现状,充分结合相关的实验结果,介绍逾渗驱动磁电阻效应增强的物理机制,以及各类电输运网络的构建,并展望未来的发展.     

钙钛矿锰氧化物La1－xTexMnO3(x=0.04, 0.1)的两类磁电阻现象

La1-xTexMnO3(x=004,01)是一种具有钙钛矿结构的电子掺杂型锰氧化物.实验结果表明：在这种锰氧化物中同时存在庞磁阻（CMR）效应和低场磁电阻（LFMR）效应.在整个实验温度范围（5—300K），LFMR随温度升高而发生了如下变化：出现—消失—出现，在LFMR消失的温区又恰好能观察到明显的CMR.对其原因给予了解释. 关键词： 庞磁电阻 低场磁电阻 La-Te-Mn-O     

Spin-polarized tunneling in nanostructured La2/3Sr1/3MnO3

We present magnetic and transport properties of nanocrystalline La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ powders prepared by a gel-combustion method using citric acid as the fuel. The coercive magnetic field H_c is significantly different to the field H_c^* for which the magnetoresistance (MR) is maximum. The MR at low fields (LFMR) exhibits a power-law dependence with magnetization, MR∝Mⁿ, with n=2.5–3.3 for temperatures ranging from 5 to 200 K. The results are discussed in terms of a distribution of particle size in our sample.     

Colossal magnetoresistance in manganites and related prototype devices＊

We review colossal magnetoresistance in single phase manganites, as related to the field sensitive spin-charge interactions and phase separation; the rectifying property and negative/positive magnetoresistance in manganite/Nb：SrTio3 p-n junctions in relation to the special interface electronic structure; magnetoelectric coupling in manganite/ferroelectric structures that takes advantage of strain, carrier density, and magnetic field sensitivity; tunneling magnetoresistance in tunnel junctions with dielectric, ferroelectric, and organic semiconductor spacers using the fully spin polarized nature of manganites; and the effect of particle size on magnetic properties in manganite nanoparticles.     

Characteristics of the phase-separated state in manganites: Relationship with transport and magnetic properties

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - The temperature and magnetic field dependence of the resistivity, magnetoresistance, and magnetic susceptibility of phase-separated manganites in...     

Tuning the metal-insulator transition in manganite films through surface exchange coupling with magnetic nanodots

In strongly correlated electronic systems, the global transport behavior depends sensitively on spin ordering. We show that spin ordering in manganites can be controlled by depositing isolated ferromagnetic nanodots at the surface. The exchange field at the interface is tunable with nanodot density and makes it possible to overcome dimensionality and strain effects in frustrated systems to greatly increasing the metal-insulator transition and magnetoresistance. These findings indicate that electronic phase separation can be controlled by the presence of magnetic nanodots.     

Large magnetoresistance induced by surface ferromagnetism in A-type antiferromagnetic La0.4Sr0.6MnO3 nanoparticles

Grain size effects on magnetic and transport properties for heavily Sr-doped A-type antiferromagnetic La_0.4Sr_0.6MnO₃ ceramics were studied. It was observed that with decrease in grain size, surface ferromagnetism could be introduced due to bond-breaking at surfaces. With decrease in grain size, the surface ferromagnetism was enhanced, and the phase transition order distinguished from the Arrott plot was a second one. The surface-induced ferromagnetism was insulating as judged from transport properties. With decrease in grain size, magnetoresistance was largely improved for both high magnetic and low magnetic fields. Under a 500 Oe magnetic field, the magnetoresistance is improved from 0.2%, 0.1%, 0.03% and 0.02% for the sample with grain size of 150 nm at 10, 100, 200 and 300 K, respectively, to 3%, 2.3%, 0.43% and 0.12% for the sample with grain size of 20 nm at 10, 100, 200 and 300 K. It was interesting to find that large magnetoresistance could be induced due to the surface ferromagnetism in A-type antiferromagnetic La_0.4Sr_0.6MnO₃ nanoparticles, which suggested that it was possible to search for manganites with relatively high low-field magnetoresistance in nanostructured A-type antiferromagnetic materials.     

Coexistence of large positive and negative magnetoresistance in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 films with microcracks

The coexistence of large positive and negative low-field magnetoresistance (LFMR) in the ferromagnetic La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ thin films with ordered microcrack (MC) distributions is reported. For the films with the highest linear density of MC, the negative LFMR can be up to −60% and rapidly changes to the positive value of 25% at 200 Oe field with the increase of temperature. We discuss the effect based on the spin-polarized tunneling and inhomogeneous magnetic state induced by the natural formations of MC in the films.     

Magnetoresistive properties of nanostructured magnetic metals,manganites, and magnetic semiconductors

We consider methods for controlling magnetoresistive parameters of magnetic metal superlattices, manganites, and magnetic semiconductors. By reducing the thickness of ferromagnetic layers in superlattices (e.g., Fe layers in Fe/Cr superlattices), it is possible to form superparamagnetic clustered–layered nanostructures with a magnetoresistance weakly depending on the direction of the external magnetic field, which is very important for applications of such type of materials. Producing Mn vacancies and additionally annealing lanthanum manganites in the oxygen atmosphere, it is possible to increase their magnetoresistance by more than four orders of magnitude. By changing the thickness of p–n junction in the structure of ferromagnetic semiconductors, their magnetoresistance can be increased by 2–3 orders of magnitude.