Magnetic Anisotropy Induced by Orbital Occupation States in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Films
- 1 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Chinese Physics Letters
Abstract
Interface engineering is an effective and feasible method to regulate the magnetic anisotropy of films by altering interfacial states between films. Using the technique of pulsed laser deposition, we prepared La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) and La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/SrCoO2.5 (LSMO/SCO) films on (110)-oriented La0.3Sr0.7Al0.65Ta0.35O3 substrates. By covering the SCO film above the LSMO film, we transformed the easy magnetization axis of LSMO from the [001] axis to the [1 (1) over bar0] axis in the film plane. Based on statistical analyses, we find that the corresponding Mn-Mn ionic distances are different in the two types of LSMO films, causing different distortions of Mn-O octahedron in LSMO. In addition, it also induces diverse electronic occupation states in Mn3+ ions. The e(g) electron of Mn3+ occupies 3z(2) - r(2) and x(2) - y(2) orbitals in the LSMO and LSMO/SCO, respectively. We conclude that the electronic spin reorientation leads to the transformation of the easy magnetization axis in the LSMO films.Keywords
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