Observation of Exchange Anisotropy in Single-Phase Layer-Structured Oxides with Long Periods.
A remarkable exchange bias effect arising from the temperature-dependent interaction among the ferromagnetic-like cluster glasses and antiferromagnetic regions was observed in a newly developed single-phase multiferroic compound of Bi10Fe6Ti3O30 which has a nine-layer Aurivillius structure. Inhomogeneous distribution of magnetic Fe ions inside this long-period layered structure was experimentally identified via the atomic level imaging. The results confirmed the presence of the short-range magnetic ordering (the cluster glassy state) and the canted antiferromagnetism, and then the direct interaction among them was further confirmed. Finding of this new single-phase material accompanying this remarkable exchange bias effect would be beneficial to both basic physics understanding and the potential device development.
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Yan
Y
Huang
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Guopeng
G
Wang
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Shujie
S
Sun
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Jianlin
J
Wang
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Synergy Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Ranran
R
Peng
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Yue
Y
Lin
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Xiaofang
X
Zhai
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Synergy Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.
Zhengping
Z
Fu
CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Synergy Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.|Laser Optics Research Center, US Air force Academy, Colorado 80840, USA.
Yalin
Y
Lu