Spin reorientation at (110)-La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/LaCoO3 interfaces by orbital/charge reconstruction

Autor: Furong Han, Xiaobing Chen, Jine Zhang, Jing Zhang, Jinghua Song, Hui Zhang, Hongrui Zhang, Xi Yan, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Yuansha Chen, Fengxia Hu, Baogen Shen, Jirong Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: APL Materials, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 021113-021113-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2166-532X
DOI: 10.1063/1.5141005
Popis: The interface reconstruction in perovskite heterostructures caused by interfacial octahedral tilt/rotation and its effects on the spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom is a very attractive topic for correlated oxides. Here, we present a systematic investigation on tensely strained (110)-LaCoO3/La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/LaCoO3 trilayers, focusing on orbital reconstruction and accompanied effects. The most remarkable finding is the reordering of the energy levels of Mn-3d orbitals at the interface: the low-lying orbital becomes dx2-y2 for sandwiched La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 rather than d3z2-r2 as expected for a bare La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 film. Interlayer charge transfer via dx2-y2 orbitals is further detected as a driving force of orbital reconstruction. Due to spin–orbit coupling, the charge/orbital reconstruction produces a chain effect on the spin degree of freedom of the La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 layer, resulting in a dramatic spin reorientation by 90° in a film plane. The present work demonstrates how to tune macroscopic properties of correlated oxides via mutual coupling between different degrees of freedom.
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