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Exchange Biasing with YMnO3 Epitaxial Films

Journal Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 52)
Volume Spin Injection and Transport in Magnetoelectronics
Edited by P. VINCENZINI and D. FIORANI
Pages 62-69
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.52.62
Citation J. Fontcuberta et al., 2006, Advances in Science and Technology, 52, 62
Online since October, 2006
Authors J. Fontcuberta, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, D. Hrabovsky, V. Laukhin, V. Skumryev, N. Dix, M.V. García-Cuenca, C. Ferrater, M. Varela, U. Lüders, J.F. Bobo
Keywords Biferroic Oxides, Exchange Bias, YMnO3 Thin Films
Abstract

We report here on the growth of epitaxial YMnO3 thin films on SrTiO3 single crystalline substrates. We show that depending of the choice of the substrate orientation or use of suitable (metallic) buffer layer, the epitaxial texture of the YMnO3 thin films as well as its crystallographic phase (orthorhombic or hexagonal) can be selected. Antiferromagnetic YMnO3 films have been also grown on ferromagnetic SrRuO3 epitaxial layers. Magnetic measurements show the existence of an exchange bias in orthorhombic films.

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