Novel NiZnAl-ferrites and strong magnetoelectric coupling in NiZnAl-ferrite/PZT multiferroic heterostructures

  • Ming Li
  • , Ziyao Zhou
  • , Ming Liu
  • , Jing Lou
  • , D. E. Oates
  • , G. F. Dionne
  • , Ming L. Wang
  • , Nian X. Sun

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Abstract

Magnetic/piezoelectric multiferroic heterostructures with strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling have recently attracted considerable interest. Since the ratio of magnetostriction λs over saturation magnetization Ms is a key factor to achieve strong magnetoelectric coupling in ferrite/piezoelectric multiferroic heterostructures, here we find a solution to tune λs/Ms by aluminum doping. We report aluminum-substituted NiZn-ferrites with different compositions (Ni 0.65Zn0.35Fe2-xAlxO4, x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1) fabricated by a solid-state sintering process. The saturation magnetization of these NiZnAl-ferrites was reduced from 6000 to 900 G with increased Al doping, which was accompanied by a significantly narrowed ferromagnetic resonance linewidth from 1870 to 340 Oe. Meanwhile, saturation magnetostriction of these NiZnAl-ferrites was reduced from 6.67 to 1.40 ppm with increased amount of Al doping. Strong ME coupling was demonstrated in the NiZnAl-ferrites/PZT multiferroic heterostructures. A large piezoelectric deformation induced ferromagnetic resonance field change up to 42 Oe was observed in Ni0.65Zn0.35Fe1.2Al 0.8O4/PZT heterostructures, corresponding to a large microwave ME coefficient of 4.2 Oe cm kV-1. These AlNiZn-ferrites and NiZnAl-ferrites/PZT heterostructures with large ME coupling provide a great opportunity for electrical tuning microwave devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number275001
JournalJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume46
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jul 2013
Externally publishedYes

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