Emergent c-axis magnetic helix in manganite-nickelate superlattices

Fabbris, Gilberto; Jaouen, N.; Meyers, D.; Feng, J.; Hoffman, J. D.; Sutarto, R.; Chiuzbăian, S. G.; Bhattacharya, A.; Dean, Mark P. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.180401

Title: Emergent $c$ -axis magnetic helix in manganite-nickelate superlattices

Journal Article · Fri Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.180401· OSTI ID:1487028

^[1]; Jaouen, N. ^[2]; Meyers, D. ^[3]; Feng, J. ^[4]; Hoffman, J. D. ^[5]; Sutarto, R. ^[6]; Chiuzbăian, S. G. ^[7]; Bhattacharya, A. ^[8]; Dean, Mark P. M. ^[3]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sorbonne Univ., Paris Cedex (France); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
Sorbonne Univ., Paris Cedex (France); Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Here, the nature of the magnetic order in (La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃)₉/(LaNiO₃)₃ superlattices is investigated using x-ray resonant magnetic reflectometry. We observe a new -axis magnetic helix state in the (LaNiO₃)₃ layers that had never been measured in nickelates, and which mediates the ~130° magnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic (La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃)₉ layers, illustrating the power of x-rays for discovering the magnetic state of complex oxide interfaces. Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering and x-ray absorption spectroscopy show that Ni-O ligand hole states from bulk LaNiO₃ are mostly filled due to interfacial electron transfer from Mn, driving the Ni orbitals closer to an atomic-like 3d⁸ configuration. We discuss the constraints imposed by this electronic configuration to the microscopic origin of the observed magnetic structure. The presence of a magnetic helix in (La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃)₉/(LaNiO₃)₃ is crucial for modeling the potential spintronic functionality of this system and may be important for designing emergent magnetism in novel devices in general.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Early Career Award; Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); University of Saskatchewan; National Research Council (Italy); Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); Agence Nationale de la recherche (ANR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0012704; 1047478

OSTI ID:: 1487028

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477485; OSTI ID: 1480563

Report Number(s):: BNL-209166-2018-JAAM; PRBMDO; 145210

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 98, Issue 18; ISSN 2469-9950

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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