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DF: Fachverband Dielektrische Festkörper
DF 5: Poster Session on Ferroic Domain Walls - Multiferroics (DF with KR/MA/TT)
DF 5.23: Poster
Monday, March 16, 2015, 19:00–21:00, Poster C
Photoemission electron microscopy study of two-phase Fe/BaTiO3 multiferroic system — •Ashima Arora, Matteo Cialone, Akin Ünal, Sergio Valencia, and Florian Kronast — Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
The phenomenon of magneto-electric coupling is of great technological importance in devices such as data storage due to possible electric field control of magnetic properties. However, a single material possessing different ferroic orders which can be exploited practically is difficult to find. Therefore we study a two-phase ferroic system made up of Fe wedge on top of a BaTiO3 single crystal. Here, we study the magnetization of the ferroelectric film by Photoemission Electron Microscopy (PEEM). The capability of PEEM to be element selective and sensitive to magnetic structure of the sample using the tool of X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) makes it possible to get laterally resolved images of magnetic state for individual element in the sample. We have visualized the magnetic domains on the Fe wedge and observed that they are influenced by the BTO substrate at the bottom. In addition, the spectroscopic information using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) provides a deeper insight on the interplay between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties at the interface of Fe and BaTiO3 in the multi-ferroic system.