Unraveling the magnetic properties of BiFe{sub 0.5}Cr{sub 0.5}O{sub 3} thin films

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · APL Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935618· OSTI ID:22499221

Vinai, G.; Petrov, A. Yu.; Panaccione, G.; Torelli, P. ^[1]; Khare, A. ^[2]; Rana, D. S. ^[3]; Di Gennaro, E.; Scotti di Uccio, U.; Miletto Granozio, F. ^[2]; Gobaut, B. ^[4]; Moroni, R. ^[5]; Rossi, G. ^[1]

---

1. Laboratorio TASC, IOM-CNR, S.S. 14 km 163.5, Basovizza, I-34149 Trieste (Italy)
2. CNR-SPIN Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli “Federico II,” I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
3. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Govindpura, Bhopal 462023 (India)
4. Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14 Km 163.5, Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste (Italy)
5. CNR-SPIN, Corso Perrone 24, I-16152 Genova (Italy)

We investigate the structural, chemical, and magnetic properties on BiFe{sub 0.5}Cr{sub 0.5}O{sub 3} (BFCO) thin films grown on (001) (110) and (111) oriented SrTiO{sub 3} (STO) substrates by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and x-ray diffraction. We show how highly pure BFCO films, differently from the theoretically expected ferrimagnetic behavior, present a very weak dichroic signal at Cr and Fe edges, with both moments aligned with the external field. Chemically sensitive hysteresis loops show no hysteretic behavior and no saturation up to 6.8 T. The linear responses are induced by the tilting of the Cr and Fe moments along the applied magnetic field.

• OSTI ID: 22499221
• Journal Information: APL Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2166-532X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
HYSTERESIS
MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
SATURATION
SIGNALS
STRONTIUM TITANATES
SUBSTRATES
THIN FILMS
X RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION