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Elsevier, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 14(407), p. 2773-2777

DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2012.04.025

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Exchange bias in (110)-orientated Bi0.9La0.1FeO3/La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 films

Journal article published in 2012 by J. L. Zhao, R. L. Gao, W. W. Gao ORCID, B. G. Shen, J. R. Sun
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Abstract

We performed a systematic study on the exchange bias in (1 1 0)-orientated Bi0.9La0.1FeO3/La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 (BLFO/LCMO) heterostructure with a fixed BLFO film thickness of 600 nm and different LCMO layers ranging from t=0 to 30 nm. The LCMO is found to be weakly ferromagnetic, with the Curie temperature descending from ∼225 K to 0 as the layer thickness decreases from 30 nm to 3 nm. The main magnetic contributions come from the BLFO film, and the areal magnetization ratio is 1:0.07 for t=5 nm and 1:0.82 for t=30 nm for BLFO to LCMO at the temperature of 5 K. Further experiments show the presence of significant exchange bias, and it is, at the temperature of 10 K, ∼40 Oe for t=0 and ∼260 Oe for t=30 nm. The exchange bias reduces dramatically upon warming and disappears above the blocking temperature of the spin-glasslike behavior observed in the samples. The possible origin for exchange bias is discussed.