FeCoSi magnetic thin film with in-plane uniaxial anisotropy was fabricated on glass substrate by RF magnetron co-sputtering. A FeCoSi/PZT actuator heterojunction was obtained through a parallel bonding with magnetic film's original easy-magnitization axis along the PZT actuator's length direction
which is the main direction for stress generating
and the heterojunction was used to investigate the magnetic moment switching of electric-field modulated magnetic film and the intensity of anisotropic field. The hysteresis loops of FeCoSi film in hard-magnitization axis direction were measured under various voltages via micro-focus magneto-optical Kerr effect. Results showed that when a positive voltage was applied to the PZT actuator
the magnetic moment along the original easy axis maintained unchanged if the heterojunction was under a tensile stress
and the intensity of anisotropic field increased with the tensile stress at a rate of around 0.12 Oe/V. While under negative voltage
the magnetic moment deviated from the original easy axis direction under the compressive stress. The switching of magnetic moment from original easy axis direction to hard axis direction could be achieved under a negative voltage of -80 V. The electric-field controlled magnetic moment switching and anisotropic field modulation may get potential applications in low-power microwave devices.
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