Magnetic properties of LuFeO$_3$ thin films

ORAL

Abstract

In order to extract their intrinsic magnetic properties, we have grown LuFeO$_3$ thin films epitaxially on Al$_2$O$_3$ (0001), a substrate with minimum magnetic impurities, using pulsed laser deposition. The magnetization measurements reveal strong anisotropy between in-plane and out-of-plane, not only in terms of coercivity and remanence, but also obvious in the zero field cool and field cool splitting. Further experiment using X-ray magnetic linear dichroism suggest magnetic ordering higher than 290 K and a spin reorientation at lower temperature. Over all, the films appear weak-ferromagnetic.

*Research supported by US DOE, Office of Basic Energy Science, Masterial Science and Engineering Division.

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Authors

  • Xiaoshan Xu

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Wenbin Wang

    • University of Tennessee

  • Zheng Gai

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Xuemei Cheng

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Leyi Zhu

    • MSD, Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • David Keavney

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Paul Snijder

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Thomaz Ward

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Jian Shen

    • Fudan University
    • Fudan Univerisity, Shanghai, China
    • Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee