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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 14: Multiferroics II (jointly with DF, DS, KR, MA)
TT 14.2: Talk
Monday, March 14, 2011, 17:15–17:30, HSZ 04
Strain effect on the magnetic properties of SrRuO3 thin films on ferroelectric PMN-PT substrates — •Andreas Herklotz, Mikko Kataja, Ludwig Schultz, and Kathrin Dörr — IFW Dresden, IMW, Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
We investigate a two-component multiferroic system consisting of a ferroelectric 0.72PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-0.28PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) substrate and ferromagnetic SrRuO3 (SRO) thin films. The inverse piezoelectric effect of the substrate is used to reversibly vary the strain state of the epitaxial SRO films in order to clarify the strain dependence of the magnetic film properties. Buffer films of Sr1−xBaxTiO3 are introduced to vary the as-grown state of the SRO films and to cover a wider range from compressive to tensile strain.
High resolution X-ray diffraction is deployed to structurally characterize the films and to determine Poisson’s ratio of SRO, which is not known so far. SQUID magnetometry reveals that the Curie temperature is increasing with tensile strain, but starts to decrease again under high strain. Angular-dependent measurements provide that the easy axis orientation shows a complex dependence on strain and temperature. SQUID measurements on conventional substrates like SrTiO3 and LaAlO3 and electric transport measurements complete the data.