Giant Magnetoresistance in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3/Alq3/Co Sandwiched-Structure Organic Spin Valves

La0.67Ca0.33MnO3/Alq3/Co sandwiched-structure organic spin valves are fabricated by vacuum thermal evaporation method. A giant magnetoresistance (GMR) of 14% is observed at low temperature 100 K. At 30 K, the magnetoresistance can increase to 50%. The large GMR of the device is attributed to the high spin polarization and low conductivity of the La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 contact. The magnetoresistance ΔR/R and the coercive field of the Co electrode depend strongly on temperature. The large high-field magnetoresistance reported on La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/Alq3/Co organic spin valves [Nature 427 (2004) 821] is not observed in our La0.67Ca0.33MnO3/Alq3/Co organic spin valves.