2022 Fall Physics Colloquium Series
Dr. Alan Farhan, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Aalto, Finland
Element sensitive spectroscopy and magnetometry on high-entropy
oxide perovskite thin films
High-entropy oxide perovskites (HEOP) have recently
been introduced as a potential prospect to design ferroic properties in oxide
perovskites, both in the bulk [1] and thin film form [2,3], with La-based
HEOPs attracting a major part of current research activities [1-3]. In this talk, I
will present first results on the growth and characterization of new HEOP thin
films that go beyond La-based perovskites. In particular, I will show how x-ray
absorption spectroscopy, employing x-ray magnetic circular- and linear-
dichroism (XMCD and XMLD), is an ideal tool to pick these ferroic layers apart
on an element by element basis [4], allowing for prospects to further
manipulate and enhance desired ferroic properties in modified HEOP thin films.
[1] R. Witte, A. Sarkar, R. Kruk, B.
Eggert, R. A. Brand, H. Wende, and H. Hahn, Physical Review Materials 3, 034406 (2019).
[2] A. R. Mazza et al., Advanced Science 9, 2200391 (2022).
[3] Y. Sharma et al., Physical Review Materials 4, 014404 (2020).
[4] A. Farhan, F. Stramaglia, M. Cocconcelli, N.
Kuznetsov, L. Yao, A. Kleibert, C. Piamonteze, and S. van Dijken, Physical
Review B 106, L060404 (2022).
Our colloquium is on every Wednesday 4-5PM US central time. You can see the talk schedule at https://www.baylor.edu/physics/colloquia. The streaming will start a little before each colloquium talk starts.