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Title: Interface-driven magnetic anisotropy in relaxed La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures on MgO

Abstract

We investigate the structural and magnetic properties of La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) heterostructures grown on (001)-oriented MgO by molecular beam epitaxy. Due to the large film-substrate lattice mismatch, strain relaxation is found to occur within the first 2–3 unit cells (uc) of the film as evidenced by reflection high energy electron diffraction and high-resolution synchrotron x-ray reciprocal space mapping. Furthermore, we find that the presence of the LSCO spacer and capping layers leads to ferromagnetism in ultra-thin LSMO layers with thicknesses of the order of 2 uc with the magnetic easy axis oriented in the film plane. Net magnetic moments of 1.4 and 2.4 μB/Mn are measured for (2 uc LSCO/2 uc LSMO) and (2 uc LSCO/4 uc LSMO) superlattices, respectively, by superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry. The effective magnetic anisotropy of the relaxed (2 uc LSCO/4 uc LSMO) heterostructure is found to be an order of magnitude higher than bulk LSMO highlighting the critical role of interfacial interactions in tuning magnetic anisotropy at complex oxide interfaces.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
OSTI Identifier:
1770291
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1763835
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DMR-1751455; ECCS-1542015; DMR-1726294; AC02-05CH11231; AC02- 06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 129; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Heterostructures; electron diffraction; magnetic anisotropy; crystal lattices; epitaxy; exchange interactions; ferromagnetism; superlattices; superconducting quantum interference device; mechanical stress

Citation Formats

Koohfar, Sanaz, Ozbek, Yasemin, Bland, Hayden, Zhang, Zhan, and Kumah, Divine P. Interface-driven magnetic anisotropy in relaxed La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures on MgO. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0033236.
Koohfar, Sanaz, Ozbek, Yasemin, Bland, Hayden, Zhang, Zhan, & Kumah, Divine P. Interface-driven magnetic anisotropy in relaxed La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures on MgO. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0033236
Koohfar, Sanaz, Ozbek, Yasemin, Bland, Hayden, Zhang, Zhan, and Kumah, Divine P. Sun . "Interface-driven magnetic anisotropy in relaxed La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures on MgO". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0033236. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1770291.
@article{osti_1770291,
title = {Interface-driven magnetic anisotropy in relaxed La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures on MgO},
author = {Koohfar, Sanaz and Ozbek, Yasemin and Bland, Hayden and Zhang, Zhan and Kumah, Divine P.},
abstractNote = {We investigate the structural and magnetic properties of La0.7Sr0.3CrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) heterostructures grown on (001)-oriented MgO by molecular beam epitaxy. Due to the large film-substrate lattice mismatch, strain relaxation is found to occur within the first 2–3 unit cells (uc) of the film as evidenced by reflection high energy electron diffraction and high-resolution synchrotron x-ray reciprocal space mapping. Furthermore, we find that the presence of the LSCO spacer and capping layers leads to ferromagnetism in ultra-thin LSMO layers with thicknesses of the order of 2 uc with the magnetic easy axis oriented in the film plane. Net magnetic moments of 1.4 and 2.4 μB/Mn are measured for (2 uc LSCO/2 uc LSMO) and (2 uc LSCO/4 uc LSMO) superlattices, respectively, by superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry. The effective magnetic anisotropy of the relaxed (2 uc LSCO/4 uc LSMO) heterostructure is found to be an order of magnitude higher than bulk LSMO highlighting the critical role of interfacial interactions in tuning magnetic anisotropy at complex oxide interfaces.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0033236},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 129,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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