Exchange bias effect in epitaxial La0.35Sr0.65MnO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 bilayers: Impact of antiferromagnet growth conditions

Xuwen Zhao; Hon Fai Wong; Yu Kuai Liu; Sheung Mei Ng; Wang Fai Cheng; Chee Leung Mak; Chi Wah Leung

doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109280

Exchange bias effect in epitaxial La_0.35Sr_0.65MnO₃/La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ bilayers: Impact of antiferromagnet growth conditions

Xuwen Zhao
, Hon Fai Wong
, Yu Kuai Liu
, Sheung Mei Ng
, Wang Fai Cheng
, Chee Leung Mak
, Chi Wah Leung

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Abstract

Antiferromagnets have shown great potential for replacing ferromagnets in spintronics applications in recent years. In this work, antiferromagnetic La_0.35Sr_0.65MnO₃ (AFM-LSMO) thin films were grown on ultrathin ferromagnetic La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (FM-LSMO) layer over a wide temperature range. The different AFM-LSMO growth temperatures introduced variation of strain states in the AFM-LSMO layer, changing the AFM-LSMO magnetic properties. Considering the thermally activated switching model of antiferromagnetic grains, the behaviour of AFM-LSMO growth temperature-dependent exchange bias effect are explained. This work demonstrates the modulation of exchange bias effect through the control of AFM-LSMO growth conditions, suggesting possibility to control and probe oxide antiferromagnets via exchange bias coupling.

Original language	English
Article number	109280
Journal	Vacuum
Volume	175
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109280
Publication status	Published - May 2020

Keywords

Exchange bias effect
Perovskite oxide thin films
Pulsed laser deposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109280

http://hdl.handle.net/10397/100228

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