Ferromagnet/Insulator/Ferroelectric nanometer multilayer for multiferroictronics

Hui Zhang

Ferromagnet/Insulator/Ferroelectric nanometer multilayer for multiferroictronics

Materials Science 2012-01-13 v1

Authors: Hui Zhang

Abstract

We have investigated the field-induced-changes in both the magnetization and the polarization in ferromagnet/Insulator/ferroelectric (FM/I/FE) multilayer by following both the Stoner-Wohlfarth (SW) model and the Landau theory. It has been found that with the stresses introduced in the FM/I/FE structure by the fields, both the magnetization and the polarization states can be significantly modified and the combination of their states can be of multiple states. These results demonstrate the feasibility of combining both the spintronics and the ferroelectrics into the multiferroictronics.

Keywords

multiferroic ferroelectric thin films magnetic phase transitions

Cite

@article{arxiv.1201.2527,
  title  = {Ferromagnet/Insulator/Ferroelectric nanometer multilayer for multiferroictronics},
  author = {Hui Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2527},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

15 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

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