Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films

Kuo, Chang -Yang; Hu, Z.; Yang, J. C.; Liao, S. -C.; Huang, Y. L.; Vasudevan, R. K.; Okatan, M. B.; Jesse, Stephen; Kalinin, Sergei V.; Li, L.; Liu, H. J.; Lai, C. -H.; Pi, T. W.; Agrestini, S.; Chen, K.; Ohresser, P.; Tanaka, A.; Tjeng, L. H.; Chu, Ying -Hao

doi:10.1038/ncomms12712

Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO₃ films

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12712· OSTI ID:1329167

Kuo, Chang -Yang ^[1]; Hu, Z. ^[1]; Yang, J. C. ^[1]; Liao, S. -C. ^[2]; Huang, Y. L. ^[3]; Vasudevan, R. K. ^[4]; Okatan, M. B. ^[4]; Jesse, Stephen ^[4]; Kalinin, Sergei V. ^[4]; ^[5]; Liu, H. J. ^[3]; Lai, C. -H. ^[2]; Pi, T. W. ^[6]; Agrestini, S. ^[1]; Chen, K. ^[7]; Ohresser, P. ^[7]; Tanaka, A. ^[8]; Tjeng, L. H. ^[1]; Chu, Ying -Hao ^[9]

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima (Japan)
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan); Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)

The strong coupling between antiferromagnetism and ferroelectricity at room temperature found in BiFeO₃ generates high expectations for the design and development of technological devices with novel functionalities. However, the multi-domain nature of the material tends to nullify the properties of interest and complicates the thorough understanding of the mechanisms that are responsible for those properties. Here we report the realization of a BiFeO₃ material in thin film form with single-domain behaviour in both its magnetism and ferroelectricity: the entire film shows its antiferromagnetic axis aligned along the crystallographic b axis and its ferroelectric polarization along the c axis. With this we are able to reveal that the canted ferromagnetic moment due to the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is parallel to the a axis. Moreover, by fabricating a Co/BiFeO₃ heterostructure, we demonstrate that the ferromagnetic moment of the Co film does couple directly to the canted moment of BiFeO₃.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1329167

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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