Control of Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy by Epitaxial Strain in Double Perovskite Sr2FeMoO6 Films

Chunhui Du, Rohan Adur, Hailong Wang, Adam J. Hauser, Fengyuan Yang, and P. Chris Hammel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 147204 – Published 2 April 2013
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Abstract

We demonstrate tuning of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in high-quality Sr2FeMoO6 epitaxial films over a range of several thousand Gauss using strain induced by epitaxial growth on substrates of varying lattice constants. Spectroscopic measurements reveal a striking, linear dependence of the out-of-plane anisotropy on the strain-induced tetragonal distortion of the Sr2FeMoO6 lattice. This anisotropy can be tuned from +2000 to 3300Oe, a range sufficient to rotate the easy axis from in plane to out of plane. Combined with its half-metallicity and high Curie temperature, this result implies a broad range of scientific and technological applications for this novel spintronic material.

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  • Received 7 January 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.147204

© 2013 American Physical Society

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Chunhui Du, Rohan Adur, Hailong Wang, Adam J. Hauser, Fengyuan Yang*, and P. Chris Hammel

  • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

  • *fyyang@physics.osu.edu
  • hammel@physics.osu.edu

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Vol. 110, Iss. 14 — 5 April 2013

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