The new frontier for spintronics is the realization of devices in which the spin can be controlled by electric fields. Multiferroics, materials exhibiting strong interplay between spin and orbital degrees of freedom, are candidates for the realization of such a paradigm. In this work, we study the magnetoelectric coupling in epitaxial BiMnO 3 thin films which exhibit a large saturation magnetization. By combining X-ray absorption spectroscopy data and theoretical modeling, we demonstrate that BiMnO 3 thin films have an improper magnetoelectric behavior, characterized by competing antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic correlations. As a consequence, we show that in these materials the Mn-3d orbital and magnetic orders can be tuned via the ferroelectric polarization, opening perspectives for the realization of novel spintronic devices.

Strain and electric field control of the orbital and spin order in multiferroic BiMnO3

Ghiringhelli G.
2020-01-01

Abstract

The new frontier for spintronics is the realization of devices in which the spin can be controlled by electric fields. Multiferroics, materials exhibiting strong interplay between spin and orbital degrees of freedom, are candidates for the realization of such a paradigm. In this work, we study the magnetoelectric coupling in epitaxial BiMnO 3 thin films which exhibit a large saturation magnetization. By combining X-ray absorption spectroscopy data and theoretical modeling, we demonstrate that BiMnO 3 thin films have an improper magnetoelectric behavior, characterized by competing antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic correlations. As a consequence, we show that in these materials the Mn-3d orbital and magnetic orders can be tuned via the ferroelectric polarization, opening perspectives for the realization of novel spintronic devices.
2020
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