A magnetic phase diagram for nanoscale epitaxial BiFeO3 films

Sando, D.; Appert, F.; Xu, Bin; Paull, O.; Burns, S. R.; Carrétéro, C.; Dupé, B.; Garcia, V.; Gallais, Y.; Sacuto, A.; Cazayous, M.; Dkhil, B.; Le Breton, J. M.; Barthélémy, A.; Bibes, M.; Bellaiche, L.; Nagarajan, V.; Juraszek, J.

doi:10.1063/1.5113530

A magnetic phase diagram for nanoscale epitaxial BiFeO₃ films

Journal Article · Tue Nov 12 23:00:00 EST 2019 · Applied Physics Reviews

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5113530· OSTI ID:1801556

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Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia). School of Materials Science and Engineering; OSTI
Normandie Univ., UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, Rouen (France)
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States). Dept. of Physics. Inst. for Nanoscience and Engineering; Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China). School of Physical Science and Technology
Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia). School of Materials Science and Engineering
CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau (France). Unité Mixte de Physique
Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz (Germany). Inst. of Physics. INSPIRE Group
Univ. Paris Diderot (France). Lab. Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (UMR 7162 CNRS)
Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Lab. Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides. CentraleSupélec. CNRS-UMR8580
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States). Dept. of Physics. Inst. for Nanoscience and Engineering

BiFeO₃ thin films have attracted considerable attention by virtue of their potential application in low-energy spintronic and magnonic devices. BiFeO₃ possesses an intricate magnetic structure, characterized by a spin cycloid with period ~62 nm that governs the functional magnonic response, and which can be modulated or even destroyed by strain, magnetic and electric fields, or chemical doping. The literature on (110)-oriented BiFeO₃ films is not explicit in defining the conditions under which this cycloid persists, as its presence depends on synthesis method and thin-film boundary conditions, especially in the sub-100 nm thickness regime. This report aims to end “trial and error” approaches in determining the conditions under which this cycloid and its associated functional magnonic response exist. We show that in specific crystallographic orientations of epitaxial BiFeO₃, an unexplored strain parameter—the distortion in the ab plane of the monoclinic unit cell—significantly influences the spin structure. Combining Mössbauer spectroscopy and low-energy Raman spectroscopy with first-principles-based effective Hamiltonian calculations, we show that both average strain and this distortion destroy the cycloid. For films grown on (110)-oriented SrTiO₃ substrates, if the BiFeO₃ lattice parameters a and b differ by more than about 1.2%, the cycloid is destabilized, resulting in a pseudocollinear magnetic order ground state. We are thereby able to construct a phase diagram of the spin structure for nanoscale epitaxial BiFeO₃ films, which aims to resolve long-standing literature inconsistencies and provide powerful guidelines for the design of future magnonic and spintronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1801556

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Journal Information:: Applied Physics Reviews, Journal Name: Applied Physics Reviews Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 6; ISSN 1931-9401

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