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标题：Magnetization reversal in trilayer structures consisting of GaMnAs layers with opposite signs of anisotropic magnetoresistance
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作者：Kyung Jae Lee ; Sangyeop Lee ; Seul-Ki Bac 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：2288
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-20749-8
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Magnetization reversal in a GaMnAs trilayer system consisting of two GaMnAs layers separated by a Be-doped GaAs spacer was investigated by magnetotransport measurements. The rotation of magnetization in the two GaMnAs layers is observed as two abrupt independent transitions in planar Hall resistance (PHR). Interestingly, one GaMnAs layer manifests a positive change in PHR, while the other layer shows a negative change for the same rotation of magnetization. Such opposite behavior of the two layers indicates that anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) has opposite signs in the two GaMnAs layers. Owing to this opposite behavior of AMR, we are able to identify the sequence of magnetic alignments in the two GaMnAs layers during magnetization reversal. The PHR signal can then be decomposed into two independent contributions, which reveal that the magnetic anisotropy of the GaMnAs layer with negative AMR is predominantly cubic, while it is predominantly uniaxial in the layer with positive AMR. This investigation suggests the ability of engineering the sign of AMR in GaMnAs multilayers, thus making it possible to obtain structures with multi-valued PHR, that can be used as multinary magnetic memory devices.