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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 13: Multiferroics 2 (jointly with DF, DS, KR, and MA)
TT 13.4: Talk
Monday, March 11, 2013, 15:45–16:00, H3
Strain-induced changes of magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial spinel-type cobalt ferrite films — •Stefania Florina Rus1,2, Andreas Herklotz2,4, Ioan Grozescu3, and Kathrin Dörr4 — 1Politehnica University of Timişoara, 300006 Timişoara, Romania — 2IFW Dresden, 01171 Dresden, Germany — 3Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, 300224 Timisoara, Romania — 4Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Physics, 06099 Halle, Germany
We present results on the effect of biaxial strain on the magnetic anisotropy of thin films of the parent compound CoFe2O4 and films with a partial substitution of Co and Fe by Zr and Pt, respectively. The strain states of the epitaxially grown films are controlled twofold: (i) statically by epitaxial misfit strain via an appropriate choice of substrates and buffer layers and (ii) reversibly by strain transfer from piezoelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.72Ti0.28O3 (001) (PMN-PT) substrates. Due to large negative magnetostriction all films show an out-of-plane magnetic easy axis under tensile strain and an in-plane easy axis under compressive strain. Our reversible strain measurements show that the magnetic anisotropy can be efficiently altered by the application of an electric field to the ferroelectric PMN-PT substrates. The effect of substitution with Zr and Pt on the magnetoelectric effect will be discussed. This work is supported by the strategic grant POSDRU ID77265 (2010), co-financed by the European Social Fund, within the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013. Advising by P. Vlazan is greatly acknowledged.