J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1998, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 371-373.

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An Anomalous Kerr Loop of LaBaMnO Thin Film

Bihui HOU; Qinlun XU; Shizhuo JI; Tianpei ZHANG and Peng PENG (Dept. of Physics, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China) Changhe SHANG and Yinjun WANG (State Key Lab. of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science   

  • Received:1998-07-28 Revised:1998-07-28 Online:1998-07-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: An anomalous Kerr loop was observed in an oriented LaBaMno film annealed in oxygen. Many tiny crystal columns were observed with scanning tunneling microscope and magnetic force microscope. The magnetic moment m in the column is perpendicular outward to the surface, which forms a surface phase with spin pinning state. This spin pinning results in the obvious asymmetrical Kerr loop of magneto-optical effect when the magnetic field is in the two opposite directions vertical to the surface.