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Exchange Bias in La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 /YFeO 3 Ferromagnet/Antiferromagnet Multilayer Heterostructures
Author(s) -
Fourmont Paul,
Cho Eunsoo,
Cloutier Sylvain G.,
Ross Caroline A.
Publication year - 2025
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202501644
Subject(s) - exchange bias , antiferromagnetism , materials science , ferromagnetism , heterojunction , orthoferrite , condensed matter physics , bilayer , magnetization , magnetic field , magnetic anisotropy , optoelectronics , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , membrane
Abstract Exchange bias (EB), manifested as a hysteresis‐loop offset after field‐cooling, is demonstrated in perovskite‐structured ferromagnet/antiferromagnet (La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 /YFeO 3 ) n heterostructures grown on (100) SrTiO 3 substrates. Bilayer samples show an EB of 306 Oe at 50 K, whereas multilayers with five layers exhibit an exchange bias of up to 424 Oe at 50 K. A spin valve consisting of La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 /SrTiO 3 /La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 /YFeO 3 shows stable remanent configurations resulting from pinning of the upper La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 layer by the YFeO 3 . In contrast, EB is not observed on (111)‐oriented SrTiO 3 substrates due to interface roughening. These results demonstrate YFeO 3 as an alternative orthoferrite antiferromagnet compared to BiFeO 3 and LaFeO 3 for incorporation into exchange‐biased heterostructures.