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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 19: POSTER Ia

MA 19.45: Poster

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 09:30–13:00, Poster A

Study of spontaneously induced chemical ordering in epitaxial thin films of the double perovskite La₂FeCrO₆ — •Supratik Dasgupta, Vikas Shabadi, Philipp Komissinskiy, and Lambert Alff — Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 2, 64287 Darmstadt

In double perovskites (A₂BB′O₆), antisite disorder plays a crucial role for their functional properties. A large difference in ionic radii and the formal valence states of the two B-site cations is known to favour a chemically ordered state. In the case of the ferrimagnetic insulator La₂FeCrO₆, Fe and Cr have nearly the same ionic radii and the same valence state, making chemical order difficult to achieve. Recently, for La₂FeCrO₆ nearly 90% ordering was reported in epitaxial thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with a saturation magnetization of 2 µ_B/f.u. corresponding to a Fe-O-Cr superexchange interaction [1]. We have systematically studied the influence of various PLD parameters on the growth of epitaxial thin films of La₂FeCrO₆ along with an extensive structural, chemical and magnetic characterization. Laser fluence and substrate temperature have been found to be the most critical parameters that determine chemical order.
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