1203.6730 (Hans Boschker et al.)

Determining the Curie temperature of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films    [PDF]

Hans Boschker, Jo Verbeeck, Ricardo Egoavil, Sara Bals, Gustaf van Tendeloo, Mark Huijben, Evert P. Houwman, Gertjan Koster, Dave H. A. Blank, Guus Rijnders

When comparing a set of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) samples, the Curie temperature (TC) of the samples is an important figure of merit for the sample quality. Therefore, a reliable method to determine TC is required. Here, a method based on the analysis of the magnetization loops is proposed.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.6730