We report exchange coupling
in bilayers and trilayers with alternating layer of ferromagnetic
(F)-La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 and antiferromagnetic (AF)-La1/3Ca2/3MnO3 compositions,
grown on (001) oriented SrTiO3 single crystal by a high-oxygen pressure
sputtering process. We observe from isothermal magnetic measurements
between 5 K and ~150 K a shift of the hysteretic loops towards negative
fields, evidencing an exchange bias mechanism (Hex) in these heterostructures.
We applied two different values of the field cooling (FC), 500 Oe
and 1500 Oe. Hex exhibits an exponential decrease with temperature
below ~100 K. Fitting the experimental data to a exponential function,
we found that the fitted parameter is within the error bar the same,
whereas the fitted To parameter is different indicating that the
FC value could affect the magnetic state when the exchange biasing
is established in the AF-F interface. |