Impact of electric currents on the insulator-metal phase transition in epitaxial thin films of La1−xAxMnO3 (A = Sr, Ca, and Ba) |
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Authors: | J Gao FX Hu H Yao |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China |
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Abstract: | The influence of dc currents with a high current density on the transport properties of epitaxial La1−xAxMnO3 (A = Sr, Ca, and Ba) thin films were studied. An application of a large current could lead to a remarkable reduction in the insulator-metal phase transition peak, demonstrating a significant electroresistance effect. After removing such currents the samples could completely return to its pristine state. Our experiments reveal that such an electroresistance should be a common feature for the perovskite manganites, rather than the results caused by the self-heating or self magnetic field. It may be ascribed to the two aspects: one is the strong interaction between carrier spins and localized spins in Mn ions, the other is the percolative mechanism of phase separation. |
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Keywords: | 73 50 &minus h 75 47 Gk 75 70 &minus i |
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