Substrate effect on the magnetic microstructure of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films studied by magnetic force microscopy

Citation
R. Desfeux et al., Substrate effect on the magnetic microstructure of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films studied by magnetic force microscopy, APPL PHYS L, 78(23), 2001, pp. 3681-3683
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
78
Issue
23
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3681 - 3683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010604)78:23<3681:SEOTMM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Colossal magnetoresistive La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films have been grown under t ensile strains on (100)-SrTiO3 substrates and compressive strains on (100)- LaAlO3 and (110)-NdGaO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Using magnet ic force microscopy (MFM), a "feather-like" magnetic pattern, characteristi c of films with an in-plane magnetization, is observed for films deposited on both SrTiO3 and NdGaO3 while a "bubble" magnetic pattern, typical of fil ms with an out-of-plane magnetization, is recorded for LaAlO3. We show that the shape of the magnetic pattern imaged by MFM is fully correlated to the easy direction of the magnetization in the film. (C) 2001 American Institu te of Physics.