Orbital occupation, atomic moments, and magnetic ordering at interfaces of manganite thin films
- 28 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 80 (1), 014431
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.80.014431
Abstract
We have performed x-ray linear and circular magnetic dichroism experiments at the edge of the ultrathin films. Our measurements show that the antiferromagnetic (AF) insulating phase is stabilized by the interfacial rearrangement of the orbitals, despite the relevant magnetostriction anisotropic effect on the double-exchange ferromagnetic (FM) metallic phase. As a consequence, the Mn atomic magnetic-moment orientation and how it reacts to strain differ in the FM and AF phases. In some cases a FM insulating (FMI) phase adds to the AF and FM. Its peculiar magnetic properties include in-plane magnetic anisotropy and partial release of the orbital moment quenching. Nevertheless the FMI phase appears little coupled to the other ones.
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