Bi-relaxation behaviors in epitaxial multiferroic double-perovskite BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3/CaRuO3 heterostructures

J. Miao, X. Zhang, Q. Zhan, Y. Jiang, K.-H. Chew
2011 Applied Physics Letters  
Multiferroic double-perovskite BiFe 0.5 Mn 0.5 O 3 thin film heterostructures were epitaxially grown on CaRuO 3 -buffered (001) SrTiO 3 by pulse laser deposition. Typical Vogel-Fulcher relaxorlike dielectric and magnetic susceptibilities were observed, implying the film exhibits the properties of an electric relaxor and a magnetic relaxor. Polarization and size of polar nanoregions (PNRs) were determined by fitting the dielectric constant to a multi-polarization mechanism model. It was found
more » ... t PNRs of 7-11 nm decrease from 0.67 lC/cm 2 to 0.11 lC/cm 2 , as the temperature increases from 380 K to 460 K. A weak ferromagnetism was observed via magnetic hysteresis loops up to 300 K.
doi:10.1063/1.3624847 fatcat:rvjfkxbexndulerfuswt4wmsm4