Large ferroelectric polarization in antiferromagnetic BiFe0.5Cr0.5O3 epitaxial films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 042906 (2007); doi:10.1063/1.2763964
Published 26 July 2007
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Multiferroic BiFe0.5Cr0.5O3 solid solution epitaxial films were grown by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO3 (001) substrates with SrRuO3 bottom electrodes. Formation of the metastable composition in the form of high-quality epitaxial films was made possible by a sequential deposition of 0.1 unit cell amounts of BiFeO3 and BiCrO3. The random distribution of Fe and Cr cation results in a linear response of magnetization with varying magnetic field, consistent with a dominant antiferromagnetic order. Polarization measurements at 77.3 K reveal ferroelectric hysteresis with a remanent polarization as high as 60±1 µC/cm2 along the pseudocubic [001] direction.
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| History: | Received 26 April 2007; accepted 1 July 2007; published 26 July 2007 |
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KEYWORDS and PACS
antiferromagnetic materials,
bismuth compounds,
dielectric hysteresis,
dielectric polarisation,
epitaxial growth,
iron compounds,
magnetic epitaxial layers,
magnetisation,
multiferroics,
pulsed laser deposition
- 77.22.Ej
Dielectric polarization and depolarization - 75.50.Ee
Antiferromagnetics - 75.80.+q
Magnetomechanical and magnetoelectric effects, magnetostriction - 77.80.Dj
Ferroelectric domain structure; hysteresis - 75.70.Ak
Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films - 75.60.Ej
Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects - YEAR: 2007
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0003-6951 (print)
1077-3118 (online)
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