Interface dominated biferroic La0.6Sr0.4MnO3/0.7Pb(Mg0.33Nb0.66)O3 0.3PbTiO3 epitaxial superlattices

TL;DR

This study demonstrates the fabrication of epitaxial superlattices combining ferromagnetic and ferroelectric layers, exhibiting biferroic properties and tunable polarization characteristics influenced by magnetic and electric fields.

Contribution

It introduces a new epitaxial superlattice structure with coupled ferromagnetic and ferroelectric layers, highlighting interface effects on biferroic behavior.

Findings

Superlattices show ferromagnetic and ferroelectric hysteresis.

Magnetic and electric fields modulate ferroelectric properties.

Interface dielectric layers influence the observed effects.

Abstract

Superlattices composed of ferromagnetic La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 and ferroelectric 0.7Pb(Mg0,33Nb0.66)O3 0.3(PbTiO3) layers were fabricated on (100) LaAlO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique. Ferromagnetic and frequency independent ferroelectric hysteresis characteristics established the biferroic nature of the superlattices. Influence of magnetic field was observed in tuning the P-E characteristics of the superlattices. Similar effect was observed on application of a high DC electric field to the samples. The nature of the observed ferroelectric properties and their modulation by applied magnetic and electric fields were thus discussed in connection to existence of dielectric passive layers at the ferroelectric/ferromagnetic interface.