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Magnetic Anisotropy in La0.7(Sr,Ca)0.3MnO3 Epitaxial Thin Films And Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

K. Steenbeck ,
R. Hiergeist ,
A. Revcolevschi  and
L. Pinsard-Gaudart
K. Steenbeck
Affiliation:
Institut f. Physikalische Hochtechnologie e.V., Jena, PF 100239 D-07702 Jena, Germany
R. Hiergeist
Affiliation:
Institut f. Physikalische Hochtechnologie e.V., Jena, PF 100239 D-07702 Jena, Germany
A. Revcolevschi
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
L. Pinsard-Gaudart
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Abstract

The biaxial and uniaxial magnetic anisotropies of epitaxial { 100} oriented La0.7(Sr,Ca)0.3MnO3 films on different substrates and of a sphere-shaped single crystal were measured by torque magnetometry at temperatures ranging from T = 20K to room temperature. In the films the biaxial anisotropy with easy axes <110= dominates and is described by a cubic crystal anisotropy constant ranging up to K1 ≈−104J/m3. The uniaxial anisotropy was |Ku| ≤ 103 J/m3 and is explained by anisotropic stress. In the single crystal the main anisotropy is uniaxial with a hard axis parallel to [ 111], and with an anisotropy constant KR up to 104J/m3. KR was measured in different planes and explained by the rhombohedral lattice distortion. The biaxial anisotropy in the crystal (K1 = −103 J/m3 at T = lOOK) was smaller than in the films. Differences between film and single crystalline behaviour are discussed in terms of crystal structure and lattice constriction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 562: Symposium L – Polycrystalline Metal & Magnetic Thin Films , 1999 , 57
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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