Stoner-Wohlfarth model applied to bicrystal magnetoresistance hysteresis

Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2004

We calculate numerically the magnetization direction as function of magnetic field in the Stoner–Wohlfarth theory and are able to reproduce the shape of the low-field magnetoresistance hysteresis observed in manganite grain boundary junctions. Moreover, we show that it is necessary to include biaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy to fully describe the grain boundary magnetoresistance in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3 bicrystal tunnel junctions.