Tailoring Emergent Magnetic Moment in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$-Bi$_2$Te$_3$ Heterostructures via Interfacial Reconstructions

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Auteurs principaux: Brzozowski, Damian, Liu, Yu, Finnseth, Øyvind, Tokle, Egil Y., Caruana, Andrew J., Kinane, Christy J., Grutter, Alexander J., Meier, Dennis G., Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
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author Brzozowski, Damian
Liu, Yu
Finnseth, Øyvind
Tokle, Egil Y.
Caruana, Andrew J.
Kinane, Christy J.
Grutter, Alexander J.
Meier, Dennis G.
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
author_facet Brzozowski, Damian
Liu, Yu
Finnseth, Øyvind
Tokle, Egil Y.
Caruana, Andrew J.
Kinane, Christy J.
Grutter, Alexander J.
Meier, Dennis G.
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
contents We report emergent magnetic behavior in heterostructures composed of (111)-oriented La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ (LSMO) and (00$l$)-oriented Bi$_2$Te$_3$ (BT), controlled by interfacial reconstructions. When BT is deposited directly onto LSMO, an intermediate interfacial layer forms between the two materials. Polarized Neutron Reflectometry modeling reveals that this reconstructed region stabilizes a secondary magnetically ordered phase that is coupled to the underlying ferromagnetic LSMO layer. As a consequence, the heterostructures exhibit unconventional self-crossing magnetic hysteresis loops at room temperature, characterized by a reversal of the net magnetization at low applied fields. In contrast, the introduction of a tellurium seed layer results in a sharper LSMO-BT interface, while preserving the anomalous hysteresis behavior and enhancing the saturation magnetization. Element-specific X-ray absorption spectroscopy suggests that the emergent magnetic phase originates from the chemical reconstruction of manganese species. These results demonstrate that interface engineering in magnetic oxide-topological insulator heterostructures provides a pathway to control emergent magnetic coupling and emergent magnetic states in oxide-topological insulator heterostructures.
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spellingShingle Tailoring Emergent Magnetic Moment in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$-Bi$_2$Te$_3$ Heterostructures via Interfacial Reconstructions
Brzozowski, Damian
Liu, Yu
Finnseth, Øyvind
Tokle, Egil Y.
Caruana, Andrew J.
Kinane, Christy J.
Grutter, Alexander J.
Meier, Dennis G.
Hallsteinsen, Ingrid
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We report emergent magnetic behavior in heterostructures composed of (111)-oriented La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ (LSMO) and (00$l$)-oriented Bi$_2$Te$_3$ (BT), controlled by interfacial reconstructions. When BT is deposited directly onto LSMO, an intermediate interfacial layer forms between the two materials. Polarized Neutron Reflectometry modeling reveals that this reconstructed region stabilizes a secondary magnetically ordered phase that is coupled to the underlying ferromagnetic LSMO layer. As a consequence, the heterostructures exhibit unconventional self-crossing magnetic hysteresis loops at room temperature, characterized by a reversal of the net magnetization at low applied fields. In contrast, the introduction of a tellurium seed layer results in a sharper LSMO-BT interface, while preserving the anomalous hysteresis behavior and enhancing the saturation magnetization. Element-specific X-ray absorption spectroscopy suggests that the emergent magnetic phase originates from the chemical reconstruction of manganese species. These results demonstrate that interface engineering in magnetic oxide-topological insulator heterostructures provides a pathway to control emergent magnetic coupling and emergent magnetic states in oxide-topological insulator heterostructures.
title Tailoring Emergent Magnetic Moment in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$-Bi$_2$Te$_3$ Heterostructures via Interfacial Reconstructions
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19433