Magnetic phase and transport property of Pr1−xCaxMnO3 thin films

Abstract
Pr1−xCaxMnO3 (PCMO,x=0.3)/YBa2Cu3O7−z (YBCO) bilayers were fabricated on (100)LaAlO3 single-crystal substrates, and some changes in magnetic properties between high- and low-resistance (HR/LR) states were observed. The samples showing a larger magnetization at 300 K are the ones which could be more easily switched between those two states. According to M-H measurements by superconducting quantum interference device, the HR state showed a slightly larger magnetization. Electron spin resonance measurements exhibited two absorption peaks whose intensity ratio was reversed when the HR/LR transition occurred. Some change was suggested to occur on magnetic properties through HR/LR transition in PCMO (x=0.3)/YBCO bilayered films.