Anisotropic bimodal distribution of blocking temperature with multiferroic BiFeO 3 epitaxial thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Safeer, C K ^a   Chamfrault, M ^a   Allibe, J ^b,c   Carretero, C ^b,c   Deranlot, C ^b,c   Jacquet, E ^b,c   Jacquot, J F ^c,d   Bibes, M ^b   Barthelemy A ^b   Dieny, B ^a   Bea H ^a   Baltz, V ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INAC SCIB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; DEPINNING; ELECTRICAL CONTROL; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-PLANE; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CONTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOUR; MULTIFERROICS; OUT-OF-PLANE MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-CRYSTAL FILMS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SPIN GLASS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84857327858     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684812     Document Type: Article

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