Signature of exchange bias and magneto-electric coupling in BiFeO3/SrRuO3 heterostructure

Sil, Anomitra and Ranjan, Rajeev and Kumar, PS Anil (2018) Signature of exchange bias and magneto-electric coupling in BiFeO3/SrRuO3 heterostructure. In: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 448 (SI). pp. 236-242.

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Abstract

The magnetic interaction between BiFeO3 and SrRuO3 layers in a heterostructure grown on (001) oriented SrTiO3 substrate is investigated. A two-step magnetization reversal was observed in M-H hysteresis loop measurement of the heterostructure at 10 K. The first step in the hysteresis loop is associated with the switching of the free SrRuO3 moments whereas the second step arises from the switching of the pinned moments. The total amount of the pinned SrRuO3 moment was observed to decrease with increasing thickness of the BiFeO3 layer. The presence of exchange bias effect in the heterostructure was confirmed by the field cooled M-H measurements where only the second step of hysteresis loop was observed to shift along the field axis. The coercivity of the second step of hysteresis loop decreases with increasing temperature and merges with that of the first step above 100 K which infers the desertion of the pinned magnetic moments. Temperature dependent capacitance measurement shows a kink at the ferromagnetic transition temperature of SrRuO3 and a pronounced dip was observed in the second derivative of capacitance with respect to temperature, indicating a strong magneto-electric coupling between the two layers. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Publisher:	10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.06.099
Additional Information:	International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA), Hyderabad, INDIA, FEB 01-03, 2017 Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2018 06:57
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2018 06:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/58799

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