Magnetoresistivity effect in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3δ/Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3δ/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3δ trilayered films

Abstract
The structure, magnetic and transport properties of high-quality La0.67Sr0.33MnO3δ/Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3δ/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3δ (LPL) trilayered epitaxial films have been studied systematically. It was found that there is a transition from spin cluster-glass phase to ferromagnetic phase in the LPL films, and the resistivity decreases and MI transition temperature (Tp) increases with the increase of middle-layered Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3δ (PCMO) thickness. It is interesting to notice that the maximum resistivity change ΔR/RLPL(100nm) is about -270% near 150 K, where ΔR=(RLSMORLPL(100nm)), RLSMO and RLPL(100nm) are the resistivities of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3δ (LSMO) and LPL (100 nm) films, respectively, in zero-magnetic field. These results imply that there may exist an intrainteraction between the LSMO and PCMO layers in the LPL films, and that the middle-layered PCMO may act as a role of intramagnetic field and induce the change of the density of state in the LSMO gap. Magnetoresistivity values of the LPL films in a magnetic field of 0.75 T decrease with the increase of the thickness of middle-layered PCMO.