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DS: Fachverband Dünne Schichten

DS 19: Poster I: Multiferroics (jointly with MA, DF, KR, TT), Spins in organic materials (jointly with MA), FePt Nanoparticles (jointly with MA, MM)

DS 19.53: Poster

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 12:15–15:15, Poster A

Exchange-bias effects in Co/YMnO₃ bilayer: Magnetization and magneto-transport measurements — •J. Barzola-Quiquia, A. Lessig, C. Zandalazini, G. Bridoux, and P. Esquinazi — Division of Superconductivity and Magnetism, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

The exchange bias effects in a bilayer composed by the antiferromagnetic o-YMnO₃ and ferromagnetic Co thin films have been investigated through SQUID magnetometry and magneto-transport measurements. Magnetization hysteresis loops and magneto-transport properties show pronounced asymmetries in the field and magnetization axis. Both exchange bias parameters, the exchange bias field H_E(T) and the magnetization shift M_E(T), vanish around the Néel temperature T_N ≃ 45 K. The magnetization shift is also measured by a shift in the longitudinal and Hall resistances showing a similar temperature dependence as the one obtained from magnetization measurements. Because the o-YMnO₃ film is highly insulating, our results demonstrate that the M_E shift is related to the pinned moments within the ferromagnetic Co layer at the interface.