Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates

Paudel, Binod; Zhang, Bruce; Sharma, Yogesh; Kang, Kyeong Tae; Nakotte, Heinrich; Wang, Haiyan; Chen, Aiping

doi:10.1063/5.0016371

Title: Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO₃ substrates

Journal Article · Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016371· OSTI ID:1699497

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

We studied the microstructural evolution and magnetism of ferroelastic La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃ (LSMO) epitaxial thin films grown on SrTiO₃ (001) substrates with different miscut angles. The substrate miscut angle plays a critical role in controlling the in-plane magnetic anisotropy. The microscopic origin of such magnetic anisotropy is attributed to the formation of anisotropic stripe domains along the surface step terraces. The magnetization in the LSMO films was found to be selectively modulated by the antiferrodistortive phase transition of the SrTiO₃ substrate. This phenomenon has been qualitatively explained by a strain modified Stoner–Wohlfarth model. We conclude that the magnetization modulation by the SrTiO₃ phase transition depends on h, the ratio of applied magnetic field to the saturation field. Such modulation is only visible with h < 1. The established domain microstructure–anisotropy–magnetism correlation in manganite films can be applied to a variety of complex oxide thin films on vicinal substrates.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; DMR-1902644

OSTI ID:: 1699497

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1650405

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-20-28257; TRN: US2204876

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 8; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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