Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates
Abstract
We studied the microstructural evolution and magnetism of ferroelastic La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 (LSMO) epitaxial thin films grown on SrTiO3 (001) substrates with different miscut angles. The substrate miscut angle plays a critical role in controlling the in-plane magnetic anisotropy. The microscopic origin of such magnetic anisotropy is attributed to the formation of anisotropic stripe domains along the surface step terraces. The magnetization in the LSMO films was found to be selectively modulated by the antiferrodistortive phase transition of the SrTiO3 substrate. This phenomenon has been qualitatively explained by a strain modified Stoner–Wohlfarth model. We conclude that the magnetization modulation by the SrTiO3 phase transition depends on h, the ratio of applied magnetic field to the saturation field. Such modulation is only visible with h < 1. The established domain microstructure–anisotropy–magnetism correlation in manganite films can be applied to a variety of complex oxide thin films on vicinal substrates.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1699497
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1650405
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-20-28257
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; TRN: US2204876
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; DMR-1902644
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science
Citation Formats
Paudel, Binod, Zhang, Bruce, Sharma, Yogesh, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Nakotte, Heinrich, Wang, Haiyan, and Chen, Aiping. Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1063/5.0016371.
Paudel, Binod, Zhang, Bruce, Sharma, Yogesh, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Nakotte, Heinrich, Wang, Haiyan, & Chen, Aiping. Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016371
Paudel, Binod, Zhang, Bruce, Sharma, Yogesh, Kang, Kyeong Tae, Nakotte, Heinrich, Wang, Haiyan, and Chen, Aiping. Tue .
"Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016371. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1699497.
@article{osti_1699497,
title = {Anisotropic domains and antiferrodistortive-transition controlled magnetization in epitaxial manganite films on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates},
author = {Paudel, Binod and Zhang, Bruce and Sharma, Yogesh and Kang, Kyeong Tae and Nakotte, Heinrich and Wang, Haiyan and Chen, Aiping},
abstractNote = {We studied the microstructural evolution and magnetism of ferroelastic La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 (LSMO) epitaxial thin films grown on SrTiO3 (001) substrates with different miscut angles. The substrate miscut angle plays a critical role in controlling the in-plane magnetic anisotropy. The microscopic origin of such magnetic anisotropy is attributed to the formation of anisotropic stripe domains along the surface step terraces. The magnetization in the LSMO films was found to be selectively modulated by the antiferrodistortive phase transition of the SrTiO3 substrate. This phenomenon has been qualitatively explained by a strain modified Stoner–Wohlfarth model. We conclude that the magnetization modulation by the SrTiO3 phase transition depends on h, the ratio of applied magnetic field to the saturation field. Such modulation is only visible with h < 1. The established domain microstructure–anisotropy–magnetism correlation in manganite films can be applied to a variety of complex oxide thin films on vicinal substrates.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0016371},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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