Growth and characterization of multiferroic BiMnO${}_3$ thin films

Hyoungjeen Jeen, Guneeta Singh-Bhalla, Patrick R. Mickel +5

We have grown epitaxial thin films of multiferroic BiMnO${}_3$ using pulsed laser deposition. The films were grown on SrTiO${}_3$ (001) substrates by ablating a Bi-rich target. Using x…