TY - JOUR KW - Manganese oxide KW - Multiferroics KW - Ferromagnetism KW - Exchange bias KW - Ferromagnetic materials KW - Heterojunctions KW - Antiferromagnetic orderings KW - Interfaces (materials) KW - Critical thickness KW - Exchange bias couplings KW - Ferromagnets KW - Interfacial exchanges KW - Linear dichroism AU - M Huijben AU - P Yu AU - L.W Martin AU - H.J.A Molegraaf AU - Y.-H Chu AU - M.B Holcomb AU - N Balke AU - G Rijnders AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AB - Exchange bias coupling at the multiferroic- ferromagnetic interface in BiFeO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures exhibits a critical thickness for ultrathin BiFeO3 layers of 5 unit cells (2 nm). Linear dichroism measurements demonstrate the dependence on the BiFeO3 layer thickness with a strong reduction for ultrathin layers, indicating diminished antiferromagnetic ordering that prevents interfacial exchange bias coupling. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. BT - Advanced Materials DO - 10.1002/adma.201300940 LA - eng M1 - 34 N1 - cited By 41 N2 - Exchange bias coupling at the multiferroic- ferromagnetic interface in BiFeO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 heterostructures exhibits a critical thickness for ultrathin BiFeO3 layers of 5 unit cells (2 nm). Linear dichroism measurements demonstrate the dependence on the BiFeO3 layer thickness with a strong reduction for ultrathin layers, indicating diminished antiferromagnetic ordering that prevents interfacial exchange bias coupling. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. PY - 2013 SP - 4739 EP - 4745 T2 - Advanced Materials TI - Ultrathin limit of exchange bias coupling at oxide multiferroic/ ferromagnetic interfaces VL - 25 SN - 09359648 ER -