Surface and transport studies on La0.7Ba0.3MnO3:SnO2 bilayer |
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Authors: | J. Mona S. Jejurikar V. Ganesan D.M. Phase |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Electronic Science, Fergusson College, Pune 411004, India b Nanonics Imaging Limited, Jerusalem, Israel c Department of Physics, University of Pune, Pune 411004, India d UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Khandwa Road, Indore 452017, India |
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Abstract: | We report on study of morphology, optical contrast and transport characteristics of La0.7Ba0.3MnO3 (LBMO) manganite thin films bilayered with SnO2 on Si (0 0 1) substrate, synthesized using pulsed laser deposition system. X-ray diffraction study reveals that both LBMO and SnO2 show polycrystalline growth over the substrate. Atomic force microscopy shows interesting pyramidal structures of LBMO of size ∼2 μm × 1 μm × 0.1 μm. On the other hand, SnO2 grows in the form of close packed cylindrical clusters of ∼200 nm radius. Near-field optical microscopy (NSOM) study using 532 nm laser reveal that optical NSOM output intensity in LBMO is four times less than SnO2 signal. Transport characterizations show that this bilayer configuration exhibit non-linear current-voltage characteristics from 300 upto 50 K. The nature becomes linear below this temperature. The results project the system as a promising candidate in non-conventional device category in the area of spintronics. |
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Keywords: | 71.20.&minus b 73.21.Ac 73.40.Qv 74.25Fy |
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