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The Effect of Oxygen Vacancies and Strain on the Curie Temperature of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Films

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 23, Number 3, 30 Sep 2018, Pages 333-336
Rongrong Ma * (School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University), Junhua Hou (School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University), Hu Yang (School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University)
Abstract
The effects of oxygen vacancies and strain on the magnetism and Curie temperature of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films deposited by PLD are investigated by changing oxygen partial pressure and increasing the interface mismatch between LSMO and SrTiO3. The presence of oxygen vacancies reduces the double exchange effect between Mn3+ and Mn4+ ions, and the high-quality crystals effectively increase the Curie temperature of LSMO. Moreover, SrTiO3 simultaneously exerts strain on the upper and lower interfaces of the LSMO film to promote orbital reconstruction of the eg electrons in the Mn3+ ions. These electrons preferentially occupy the eg(x2-y2) orbit and lead to an enhancement in the in-plane ferromagnetic exchange effect, thereby increasing the Curie temperature. These results suggest that the magnetic properties of these materials can be controlled through artificial structure design and provide guidance for their application in high Curie temperature spintronic devices.
 
Keywords: La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films; oxygen vacancies;strain; high Curie temperature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2018.23.3.333
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