Orthorhombic BiFeO3

Publication Type	Journal Article

Authors	J.C Yang Q He S.J Suresha C.Y Kuo C.Y Peng R.C Haislmaier M.A Motyka G Sheng C Adamo H.J Lin Z Hu L Chang L.H Tjeng E Arenholz N.J Podraza M Bernhagen R Uecker D.G Schlom V Gopalan L.Q Chen C.T Chen Ramamoorthy Ramesh Y.H Chu
DOI	10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.247606
Abstract	A new orthorhombic phase of the multiferroic BiFeO3 has been created via strain engineering by growing it on a NdScO3(110) o substrate. The tensile-strained orthorhombic BiFeO3 phase is ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic at room temperature. A combination of nonlinear optical second harmonic generation and piezoresponse force microscopy revealed that the ferroelectric polarization in the orthorhombic phase is along the in-plane 110©pc directions. In addition, the corresponding rotation of the antiferromagnetic axis in this new phase was observed using x-ray linear dichroism. © 2012 American Physical Society.
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Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Year of Publication	2012
Number	24
ISSN Number	00319007
Keywords	Room temperature Multiferroics Ferroelectricity Ferroelectric polarization Antiferromagnetics Antiferromagnetism Strain engineering Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) Non-linear optical Orthorhombic phase Physical societies X-ray linear dichroisms
Research Areas	Ramesh Lab
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