Hidden Interface Driven Exchange Coupling in Oxide Heterostructures

Chen, Aiping; Wang, Qiang; Fitzsimmons, Michael R.; Enriquez, Erik; Weigand, Marcus; Harrell, Zach; McFarland, Brian; Lü, Xujie; Dowden, Paul; MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.; Yarotski, Dmitry; Jia, Quanxi

doi:10.1002/adma.201700672

Title: Hidden Interface Driven Exchange Coupling in Oxide Heterostructures

Journal Article · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700672· OSTI ID:1357117

^[1]; Wang, Qiang ^[2]; Fitzsimmons, Michael R. ^[3];

^[1]; Weigand, Marcus ^[1]; Harrell, Zach ^[1]; McFarland, Brian ^[1]; Lü, Xujie ^[1]; Dowden, Paul ^[1]; MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L. ^[4];

^[1]; Jia, Quanxi ^[5]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Dept. of Materials Science
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies; Univ. of Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Design and Innovation

We enabled a variety of emergent phenomena by using interface engineering in complex oxides. The existence of an intrinsic interfacial layer has often been found at oxide heterointerfaces. But, the role of such an interlayerin controlling functionalities is not fully explored. We also report the control of the exchange bias (EB) in single-phase manganite thin films with nominallyuniform chemical composition across the interfaces. The sign of EB depends on the magnitude of the cooling field. A pinned layer, confirmed by polarized neutron reflectometry, provides the source of unidirectional anisotropy. The origin of the exchange bias coupling is discussed in terms of magnetic interactions between the interfacial ferromagnetically reduced layer and the bulk ferromagnetic region. The sign of EB is related to the frustration of antiferromagnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic region and the pinned layer. These results shed new light on using oxide interfaces to design functional spintronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AC05-00OR22725; DE‐AC52‐06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1357117

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1361327; OSTI ID: 1401298

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-23418

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 26; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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