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SrCoO $_{3-δ}$薄膜的应变诱导磁相变

Strain-induced magnetic phase transition in SrCoO$_{3-δ}$ thin films

S. J. Callori, S. Hu, J. Bertinshaw, Z. Yue, S. Danilkin, X. L. Wang, V. Nagarajan, F. Klose, J. Seidel, C. Ulrich

摘要:

已经确定的是,无论是在环境压力下的本体还是在适度应变下的膜,立方SrCoO $_{3-δ}$($δ< 0.2$)都是铁磁金属。然而,最近的理论工作表明,磁相变的反铁磁结构下可能会发生伴随着金属-绝缘体转变的大应变。我们已经观察到一个应变诱导的铁磁反铁磁相变在DyScO $_3$衬底上生长的SrCoO $_{3-δ}$薄膜,这提供了一个大的拉伸外延应变,相比,在较低的拉伸应变下的铁磁薄膜SrTiO $_3$衬底。磁性测量结果表明存在反铁磁自旋相关,中子衍射实验提供了一个G型反铁磁结构的直接证据,Neel温度在$T_N \sim 135\,\pm\,10\,K$和$\sim 325\,\pm\,10\,K$之间,取决于样品的氧含量。因此,我们的数据实验证实了预测的应变诱导磁相变的反铁磁状态下的SrCoO $_{3-δ}$薄膜大的外延应变。

英文摘要:

It has been well established that both in bulk at ambient pressure and for films under modest strains, cubic SrCoO$_{3-δ}$ ($δ< 0.2$) is a ferromagnetic metal. Recent theoretical work, however, indicates that a magnetic phase transition to an antiferromagnetic structure could occur under large strain accompanied by a metal-insulator transition. We have observed a strain-induced ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic phase transition in SrCoO$_{3-δ}$ films grown on DyScO$_3$ substrates, which provide a large tensile epitaxial strain, as compared to ferromagnetic films under lower tensile strain on SrTiO$_3$ substrates. Magnetometry results demonstrate the existence of antiferromagnetic spin correlations and neutron diffraction experiments provide a direct evidence for a G-type antiferromagnetic structure with Neél temperatures between $T_N \sim 135\,\pm\,10\,K$ and $\sim 325\,\pm\,10\,K$ depending on the oxygen content of the samples. Therefore, our data experimentally confirm the predicted strain-induced magnetic phase transition to an antiferromagnetic state for SrCoO$_{3-δ}$ thin films under large epitaxial strain.

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