Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 9, (2020)

Room-temperature electric control of exchange bias effect in CoO1 – δ/Co films using Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 (110) substrates

Xin Wen1, Rui Wu1、†, Wen-Yun Yang1,2,3, Chang-Sheng Wang1,2,3, Shun-Quan Liu1,2,3, Jing-Zhi Han1,2,3, and Jin-Bo Yang1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 0087, China
  • 2Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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    Significant electric control of exchange bias effect in a simple CoO1–δ/Co system, grown on piezoelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 (110) (PMN-PT) substrates, is achieved at room temperature. Obvious changes in both the coercivity field (HC) and the exchange bias field (HE), of 31% and 5%, respectively, have been observed when the electric field is applied to the substrate. While the change of coercivity is related to the enhanced uniaxial anisotropy in the ferromagnetic layer, the change of the exchange bias field can only originate from the spin reorientation in the antiferromagnetic CoO1–δ layer caused by the strain-induced magnetoelastic effect. A large HE/HC > 2, and HE ~ 110 Oe at room temperature, as well as the low-energy fabrication of this system, make it a practical system for spintronic device applications.

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    Xin Wen, Rui Wu, Wen-Yun Yang, Chang-Sheng Wang, Shun-Quan Liu, Jing-Zhi Han, Jin-Bo Yang. Room-temperature electric control of exchange bias effect in CoO1 – δ/Co films using Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 (110) substrates[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(9):

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jun. 8, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Wu Rui (wurui2010@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/aba611

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