Magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial CrO2 (100) thin films

Ruihua Cheng; Z. Y. Liu; Xu Bo; S. Adenwalla; L. Yuan; S. H. Liou; P. A. Dowben

doi:10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00458-5

Magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial CrO₂ (100) thin films

Ruihua Cheng, Z. Y. Liu, Xu Bo, S. Adenwalla, L. Yuan, S. H. Liou, P. A. Dowben

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Abstract

CrO₂ thin films fabricated on single crystal TiO₂ (100) substrates by vapor phase transport grow with strongly textured growth characteristics and strong preferential orientation of the crystallites. We have used magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) and alternating gradient force magnetometry (AGFM) to study the in-plane magnetic anisotropy. Both the coercive field, H_C, and remnant magnetization M_r/M_s show strong twofold in-plane symmetry and the results, vs. angle, fit a coherent rotation model of domain reversal. We verify that the magnetic easy axis is along the c-axis of the crystal and the first order anisotropy constant, K₁, is estimated to be about (2.3 ± 0.2) × 10⁵ erg/cm³, consistent with the previous results. Near T_c, there are strong indications that the contributions to the magnetic anisotropy are strongly altered.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	295-299
Number of pages	5
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00458-5
State	Published - Oct 2002

Keywords

Chromium oxide
Crystalline magnetic anisotropy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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