Magnetic Perovskite Superlattices Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Magnetic multilayers of (SrRuO₃) _m (SrMnO₃) _n were grown artificially using the pulsed laser deposition technique on (001)-oriented SrTiO₃ substrates. The temperature and magnetic field dependent reisistivity of the superlattices consisting of ferromagnetic (FM) SrRuO₃ and antiferromagnetic (AFM) SrMnO₃ are studied as a function of the SrRuO₃ unit cells. We observed a pinned/biased moment instead of the biased field in the superlattices and we redefine the structure as AFM/FM(Pin)/FM(Free)/FM(Pin) units below a critical field.