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
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.