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Current-induced conductance switching in epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3 multilayers

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

We report on the non-linear in-plane electrical transport in coherently grown [La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3] multilayers with ultrathin (< 3 nm) single layers. Current-induced switching of the conductance, with low conductance at larger currents, is demonstrated. The conductance switching is modified under a magnetic field, resulting in an extremely large magnetoresistance of negative, or in a special case even positive, sign. Our results suggest a percolative nature of transport where a large local current density gives rise to a spin-polarizing and a thermal effect of current.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0012512,
  title  = {Current-induced conductance switching in epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3 multilayers},
  author = {K. Doerr and K. -H. Mueller and T. Walter and M. Sahana and D. Eckert and K. Nenkov and L. Schultz and K. Brand and M. Lehmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0012512},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures