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Giant sharp and persistent converse magnetoelectric effects in multiferroic epitaxial heterostructures
Magnetoelectric coupling1,2 between magnetic and electrical
properties presents valuable degrees of freedom for applications.
The two most promising scenarios are magnetic-field sensors3
that could replace low-temperature superconducting quantum
interference devices, and electric-write magnetic-read memory
devices that combine the best2 of ferroelectric and magnetic
random-access memory. The former scenario requires
magnetically induced continuous and reversible changes in
electrical polarization. These are commonly observed, but the
coupling constants thus obtained are invalid for data-storage
applications, where the more difficult to achieve4,5 and rarely
studied magnetic response to an electric field is required.
Here, we demonstrate electrically induced giant, sharp and
persistent magnetic changes (up to 2.3×10−7 sm−1) at a single
epitaxial interface in ferromagnetic 40 nm La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 films
on 0.5mm ferroelectric BaTiO3 substrates. X-ray diffraction
confirms strain coupling via ferroelastic non-180â—¦ BaTiO3
domains. Our findings are valid over a wide range of
temperatures including room temperature, and should inspire
further study with single epitaxial interfaces