Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 126601 (2005) [4 pages]Electric Field Effect in Diluted Magnetic Insulator Anatase Co: TiO2Received 6 April 2004; revised 6 December 2004; published 1 April 2005 An external electric field induced reversible modulation of a room temperature magnetic moment and coercive field is achieved in an epitaxial and insulating thin film of dilutely cobalt-doped anatase TiO2. This first demonstration of an electric field effect in any oxide-based diluted ferromagnet is realized in a high quality epitaxial heterostructure of PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3/Co: TiO2/SrRuO3 grown on (001) LaAlO3. The observed effect, which is about 15% in strength in a given heterostructure, can be modulated over several cycles. Possible mechanisms for electric field induced modulation of insulating ferromagnetism are discussed. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.126601
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.126601
PACS:
85.30.Tv, 75.50.Pp, 75.70.–i
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