Room temperature exchange bias in BiFeO3 / Co-Fe bilayers

Autor: Sterwerf, Christian, Meinert, Markus, Arenholz, Elke, Schmalhorst, Jan-Michael, Reiss, Günter
Rok vydání: 2015
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2015.2510544
Popis: Thin highly epitaxial BiFeO$_3$ films were prepared on SrTiO$_3$ (100) substrates by reactive magnetron co-sputtering. Detailed MOKE measurements on BiFeO$_3$/Co-Fe bilayers were performed to investigate the exchange bias as a function of the films thicknesses and Co-Fe stoichiometries. We found a maximum exchange bias of H$_{\mathrm{eb}}$=92 Oe and a coercive field of H$_{\mathrm{c}}$=89 Oe for a 12.5 nm thick BiFeO$_3$ film with a 2 nm thick Co layer. The unidirectional anisotropy is clearly visible in in-plane rotational MOKE measurements. AMR measurements reveal a strongly increasing coercivity with decreasing temperature, but no significant change in the exchange bias field.
Databáze: arXiv