Magnetic Structure and Ordering of Multiferroic Hexagonal LuFeO3

Steven M. Disseler; Julie A. Borchers; Charles M. Brooks; Julia A. Mundy; Jarrett A. Moyer; Daniel A. Hillsberry; Eric L. Thies; Dmitri A. Tenne; John Heron; Megan E. Holtz; James D. Clarkson; Gregory M. Stiehl; Peter Schiffer; David A. Muller; Darrell G. Schlom; William D. Ratcliff

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217602

Magnetic Structure and Ordering of Multiferroic Hexagonal LuFeO₃

Steven M. Disseler, Julie A. Borchers, Charles M. Brooks, Julia A. Mundy, Jarrett A. Moyer, Daniel A. Hillsberry, Eric L. Thies, Dmitri A. Tenne, John Heron, Megan E. Holtz, James D. Clarkson, Gregory M. Stiehl, Peter Schiffer, David A. Muller, Darrell G. Schlom, William D. Ratcliff

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We report on the magnetic structure and ordering of hexagonal LuFeO ₃ films of variable thickness grown by molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) on YSZ (111) and Al ₂ O ₃ (0001) substrates. These crystalline films exhibit long-range structural uniformity dominated by the polar P 6 ₃ cm phase, which is responsible for the paraelectric to ferroelectric transition that occurs above 1000 K. Using bulk magnetometry and neutron diffraction, we find that the system orders into a ferromagnetically-canted antiferromagnetic state via a single transition below 155 K regardless of film thickness, which is substantially lower than that previously reported in hexagonal LuFeO ₃ films. The symmetry of the magnetic structure in the ferroelectric state implies that this material is a strong candidate for linear magnetoelectric coupling and control of the ferromagnetic moment directly by an electric field.

Original language	American English
Article number	217602
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	114
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217602
State	Published - 27 May 2015

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Disseler, S. M., Borchers, J. A., Brooks, C. M., Mundy, J. A., Moyer, J. A., Hillsberry, D. A., Thies, E. L., Tenne, D. A., Heron, J., Holtz, M. E., Clarkson, J. D., Stiehl, G. M., Schiffer, P., Muller, D. A., Schlom, D. G., & Ratcliff, W. D. (2015). Magnetic Structure and Ordering of Multiferroic Hexagonal LuFeO₃. Physical Review Letters, 114(21), Article 217602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217602

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