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通过化学膨胀控制薄 films 中 SrFeO3 的双轴应变以调控螺旋磁性

Biaxial Strain Control of Helimagnetism via Chemical Expansion in Thin Film SrFeO3

Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(斯坦福材料能源科学研究所,SLAC国家加速器实验室);Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University(斯坦福大学应用物理系);Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University(西北大学材料科学与工程系);Singh Center for Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚大学辛格纳米技术中心);Center for Natural Sciences and Humanities, Federal University of ABC - UFABC(联邦ABC大学自然科学与人文中心);Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg(约翰内斯堡大学物理系);Canadian Light Source(加拿大光源);ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory(STFC拉瑟福德阿普尔顿实验室ISIS中子与μ子源)
Jennifer Fowlie, Jiarui Li, Danilo Puggioni, Lucas Barreto, Lin Ding Yuan, James M. Rondinelli, Ronny Sutarto, Teak D. Boyko, Fabio Orlandi, Pascal Manuel, Dmit… 展开作者

Jennifer Fowlie, Jiarui Li, Danilo Puggioni, Lucas Barreto, Lin Ding Yuan, James M. Rondinelli, Ronny Sutarto, Teak D. Boyko, Fabio Orlandi, Pascal Manuel, Dmitry Khalyavin, Eder G. Lomeli, Brian Moritz, Thomas P. Devereaux, Skylar Koroluk, Robert J. Green, Steven J. May, Harold Y. Hwang

AI总结:

通过化学膨胀调控 SrFeO3 薄膜中螺旋磁性的双轴应变,揭示了晶格、化学和磁序间的强耦合关系。

摘要:

我们通过中子衍射和共振软X射线散射证明了通过双轴应变控制 SrFeO3 薄膜中螺旋磁序的顺序。SrFeO3 是一种负电荷转移氧化物,其磁相图包含多q自旋结构。拉伸的 epitaxial 应变导致螺旋磁序长度显著缩短和磁序向量倾斜。我们从化学膨胀的角度解释了这种行为:在拉伸应变下,晶格扩张降低了氧空位的能量成本,导致单元格扩大,从而改变 Fe-O 杂化并增强超交换相对于双交换。这些结果揭示了如何通过缺陷驱动的化学膨胀间接调节螺旋磁性,突显了过渡金属氧化物中晶格、化学和磁序之间强耦合的关系。我们的发现确立了化学膨胀作为在氧化物薄膜中工程复杂磁纹理的有效机制,对自旋电子、磁子和量子信息应用具有启示意义。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate control of helimagnetic order in biaxially strained SrFeO3 thin films using neutron diffraction and resonant soft x-ray scattering. SrFeO3, a negative charge-transfer oxide, exhibits a complex magnetic phase diagram that includes multi-q spin structures. Tensile epitaxial strain produces a pronounced shortening of the helimagnetic ordering length and a tilting of the magnetic ordering vector. We interpret this behavior in terms of chemical expansion: lattice dilation under tensile strain lowers the energetic cost of oxygen vacancies, leading to an expanded unit cell that modifies Fe-O hybridization and enhances superexchange relative to double exchange. These results reveal how epitaxial strain can indirectly tune helimagnetism through defect-driven chemical expansion, highlighting the strong coupling between lattice, chemistry, and magnetic order in transition-metal oxides. Our findings establish chemical expansion as an effective mechanism for engineering complex magnetic textures in oxide thin films, with implications for spintronic, magnonic, and quantum information applications.

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