Infrared and magnetic characterization of the multiferroic Bi2FeCrO6 thin films in a broad temperature range

Abstract

Infrared reflectance spectra of an epitaxial Bi2FeCrO6 thin film prepared by pulsed laser deposition on LaAlO3 substrate were recorded between 10 and 900 K. No evidence for a phase transition to the paraelectric phase was observed, but some phonon anomalies were revealed near 600 K. Most of the polar modes exhibit only a gradual softening, which results in a continuous increase of the static permittivity on heating. It indicates that the ferroelectric phase transition should occur somewhere above 900 K. Magnetic measurements performed up to 1000 K, revealed a possible magnetic phase transition between 600 and 800 K, but the exact critical temperature cannot be determined due to a strong diamagnetic signal from the substrate. Nevertheless, our experimental data show that the B-site ordered Bi2FeCrO6 is one of the rare high-temperature multiferroics.

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