Complex strain evolution of polar and magnetic order in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films

Chen, Zuhuang; Chen, Zhanghui; Kuo, Chang-Yang; Tang, Yunlong; Dedon, Liv R.; Li, Qian; Zhang, Lei; Klewe, Christoph; Huang, Yen-Lin; Prasad, Bhagwati; Farhan, Alan; Yang, Mengmeng; Clarkson, James D.; Das, Sujit; Manipatruni, Sasikanth; Tanaka, A.; Shafer, Padraic; Arenholz, Elke; Scholl, Andreas; Chu, Ying-Hao; Qiu, Z. Q.; Hu, Zhiwei; Tjeng, Liu-Hao; Ramesh, Ramamoorthy; Wang, Lin-Wang; Martin, Lane W.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06190-5

Title: Complex strain evolution of polar and magnetic order in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films

Journal Article · Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06190-5· OSTI ID:1469238

Chen, Zuhuang; Chen, Zhanghui; Kuo, Chang-Yang; Tang, Yunlong; Dedon, Liv R.; Li, Qian;

; Klewe, Christoph; Huang, Yen-Lin; Prasad, Bhagwati;

; Yang, Mengmeng; Clarkson, James D.; Das, Sujit; Manipatruni, Sasikanth;

;

; Arenholz, Elke; Scholl, Andreas; Chu, Ying-Hao more »

Electric-field control of magnetism requires deterministic control of the magnetic order and understanding of the magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics like BiFeO₃ and EuTiO₃. Despite this critical need, there are few studies on the strain evolution of magnetic order in BiFeO₃ films. Here, in (110)-oriented BiFeO₃ films, we reveal that while the polarization structure remains relatively unaffected, strain can continuously tune the orientation of the antiferromagnetic-spin axis across a wide angular space, resulting in an unexpected deviation of the classical perpendicular relationship between the antiferromagnetic axis and the polarization. Calculations suggest that this evolution arises from a competition between the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction and single-ion anisotropy wherein the former dominates at small strains and the two are comparable at large strains. Finally, strong coupling between the BiFeO₃ and the ferromagnet Co_0.9Fe_0.1 exists such that the magnetic anisotropy of the ferromagnet can be effectively controlled by engineering the orientation of the antiferromagnetic-spin axis.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (United States); Harbin Inst. of Technology, Shenzhen (China)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0012375; W911NF-14-1-0104; GBMF5307; DD45001017

OSTI ID:: 1469238

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477415

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 9 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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