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Field-dependent transverse susceptibility measurements based on a novel tunnel-diode oscillator (TDO) method were used to probe the magnetic anisotropy and switching in epitaxially grown CrO2 films on TiO2 substrates. The static field was applied in three different orientations (0°, 45° and 90°) with respect to the magnetic easy axis. Singular peaks in the transverse susceptibility were observed that are associated with the anisotropy and switching fields in CrO2. Theoretical calculations based on a coherent rotation model display remarkable agreement with the experimental data. A new peak emerges at low temperatures and is identified to be a consequence of temperature-dependent magnetoelastic contributions resulting from the in-plane tensile strain in the films due to varying coefficients of thermal expansion in the film and the substrate.
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Spinu, L., Srikanth, H., Li, X.W. et al. Strain dependence and magnetic anisotropy in chromium dioxide thin films. MRS Online Proceedings Library 648, 331 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-648-P3.31
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