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Electric-field modulation of magnetic domain in (Co/Pt)/PMN–PT heterostructure with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

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The magnetic domain of a Co/Pt thin film that was grown on a crystal (011) Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PMN–PT) substrate was regulated by an electric field at room temperature (RT). The magnetic hysteresis loops and magnetic domain state were recorded by means of the magnetic optical Kerr effect (MOKE). In the unpoled state, magnetic domain wall propagation was observed directly under a fixed perpendicular magnetic field. In addition, the change of the coercive field under various electric fields was consistent with the change of strain curve—attributed to the piezostrain effect in (Co/Pt)/PMN–PT heterostructure. Moreover, the magnetic domain that was driven by the electric field exhibited a similar behavior. Electric-field control of magnetic domain was demonstrated by exploiting piezostrain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in ferromagnetic/ferroelectric heterostructures with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, which is promising for designing of future spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory devices.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 51901163, 52001190, 12274119 and 11904088).

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  1. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, People’s Republic of China

    Cai Zhou, Dengyu Zhu, Wei Zhu, Kang Du, Mingyao Xu, Jiaxing Fang & Shengxiang Wang

  2. Faculty of Physics and Electronic Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, People’s Republic of China

    Dequan Meng, Chuangwen Wu & Shiheng Liang

  3. Hubei Engineering and Technology Research Center for Functional Fiber Fabrication and Testing, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, People’s Republic of China

    Cai Zhou, Dengyu Zhu, Wei Zhu, Kang Du, Mingyao Xu, Jiaxing Fang & Shengxiang Wang

  4. Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030006, People’s Republic of China

    Dong Li

  5. Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Fufu Liu

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CZ, SL, and SW conceived the idea and planned the experiment for present work; CZ and DZ contributed to the writing—original draft, reviewing and editing the manuscript; DL present the sample; FL, JF, DM, and CW contributed to the methodology of the manuscript; DZ, WZ, KD, and MX contributed to the data analysis of the manuscript.

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Zhou, C., Zhu, D., Li, D. et al. Electric-field modulation of magnetic domain in (Co/Pt)/PMN–PT heterostructure with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Appl. Phys. A 129, 406 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06662-6

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