Antiferromagnetic domain reconfiguration in embedded LaFeO3 thin film nanostructures |
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Authors: | Folven Erik Tybell Thomas Scholl Andreas Young Anthony Retterer Scott T Takamura Yayoi Grepstad Jostein K |
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Affiliation: | Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. folven@iet.ntnu.no |
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Abstract: | Using photoemission electron microscopy in combination with X-ray magnetic linear dichroism, we report reconfiguration upon nanostructuring of the antiferromagnetic domain structure in epitaxial LaFeO3 thin films. Antiferromagnetic (AFM) nanoislands were synthesized using a dedicated process, devised to define nanostructures with magnetic order embedded in a paramagnetic matrix. Significant impact on the AFM domain configuration was observed. Extended domains were found to form along edges parallel to the in-plane <100> crystalline axes of the cubic substrate, with their AFM spin axis parallel to the edge. No such edge-imposed domain configuration was found for nanoislands defined with the edges at 45° with the in-plane crystalline axes. Epitaxial constraints on the film crystalline structure appear to play an important role in the formation of the edge-bound extended AFM domains. The data indicate a magnetostatic origin of this domain reconfiguration. |
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