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Atomic-scale analysis of interfaces in an all-oxide magnetic tunnel junction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2003
Abstract
We use High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) together with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) to analyze the crystallography and the chemical configuration of interfaces in a state-of-the-art La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/SrTiO3/La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 tunnel junction. EELS indicates that manganese ions keep their bulk valency up to the last atomic plane in contact with the insulator. Tunnel magnetoresistance however decreases with temperature faster than magnetisation in these samples. Quantitative HRTEM reveals some local departures from chemical abruptness at the interfaces, which could play a role in this decrease.
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , December 2003 , pp. 215 - 221
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- © EDP Sciences, 2003
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