Colossal magnetoresistive p-n junctions of perovskite oxide La_(0.9)Sr_(0.1)MnO_3/SrNb_(0.01)Ti_(0.99)O_3

摘要

We have successfully fabricated the colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) p-n junctions of perovskite oxide La_(0.9)Sr_(0.1)MnO_3/SrNb_(0.01)Ti_(0.99)O_3 (LSMO/SNTO) with laser molecular beam epitaxy. The I-V characteristics of the LSMO/SNTO p-n junctions as a function of applied magnetic field (0—5 T) were studied between 100 and 300 K. We found that the p-n junction exhibited the CMR behavior. The CMR ratio ΔR/R_0 (ΔR = R_H - R_0) is positive in magnetic fields below 0.13 T and at high temperature, while it displays a negative CMR near 100 K and in magnetic fields over 0.13 T. The CMR ratio values are 8% at 0.1 T and 13% at 5 T and 300 K, 40% at 0.1 T and 150 K, 10% at 0.13 T and -60% at 5 T and 100 K. The CMR behavior of the p-n junction is different from those of the LaMnO_3, compound family.