Tuning Interfacial Magnetic Ordering via Polarization Control in Ferroelectric SrTiO3 /PbTiO3 Heterostructure

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Yunhao LuKesong Yang

Abstract

The electromagnetic properties at the interface of heterostructure are sensitive to the interfacial crystal structure and external field. For example, the two-dimensional magnetic states at the interface of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 are discovered and can further be controlled by electric field. Here, we study two types of heterostructures, TiO2/PbTiO3 and SrTiO3/PbTiO3, using first-principle electronic structure calculations. We find that the ferroelectric polarization discontinuity at the interface leads to partially occupied Ti 3d states and the magnetic moments. The magnitude of the magnetic moments and the ground-state magnetic coupling are sensitive to the polarization intensity of PbTiO3. As the ferroelectric polarization of PbTiO3 increases, the two heterostructures show different magnetic ordering that strongly depends on the electron occupation of the Ti t2g orbitals. For the TiO2/PbTiO3 interface, the magnetic moments are mostly contributed by degenerated d yz/d xz orbitals of interfacial Ti atoms and the neighboring interfacial Ti atoms form ferromagnetic coupling. For SrTiO3/PbTiO3 interface, the interfacial magnetic moments are mainly contributed by occupied d xy orbital because of the increased polarization intensity, and as...Continue Reading

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