Magnetic properties of strained multiferroic $\mathrm{CoC}{\mathrm{r}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$: A soft x-ray study
- Windsor, Y. W. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Piamonteze, C. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Ramakrishnan, M. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Scaramucci, A. Laboratory for Scientific Development and Novel Materials, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - Materials Theory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Rettig, L. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Huever, J. A. Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Bothschafter, E. M. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Bingham, N. S. Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Alberca, Aurora Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - University of Fribourg, Department of Physics and Fribourg Centre for Nanomaterials, Switzerland
- Avula, S. R. V. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Noheda, B. Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Staub, U. Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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12.06.2017
Published in:
- Physical Review B. - 2017, vol. 95, no. 22, p. 224413
English
Using resonant soft x-ray techniques we follow the magnetic behavior of a strained epitaxial film of CoCr2O4, a type-II multiferroic. The film is [110] oriented, such that both the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic moments can coexist in-plane. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) is used in scattering and in transmission modes to probe the magnetization of Co and Cr separately. The transmission measurements utilized x-ray excited optical luminescence from the substrate. Resonant soft x-ray diffraction (RXD) was used to study the magnetic order of the low temperature phase. The XMCD signals of Co and Cr appear at the same ordering temperature TC≈90K, and are always opposite in sign. The coercive field of the Co and of Cr moments is the same, and is approximately two orders of magnitude higher than in bulk. Through sum rules analysis an enlarged Co2+ orbital moment (mL) is found, which can explain this hardening. The RXD signal of the (q q 0) reflection appears below TS, the same ordering temperature as the conical magnetic structure in bulk, indicating that this phase remains multiferroic under strain. To describe the azimuthal dependence of this reflection, a slight modification is required to the spin model proposed by the conventional Lyons-Kaplan-Dwight-Menyuk theory for magnetic spinels.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
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- English
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- Physics
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- RERO DOC 305123
- DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.224413
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/306006
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