Publications by authors named "Anju Ahlawat"

Quantum phenomena in two-dimensional Kagome materials lead to exotic topological states and complex magnetism. Here, we have investigated the detailed electronic properties of Co1-xFeSn as a function of composition () to explore the competing electronic interactions for the origin of complex magnetism and topological properties. We find that the screening effect in the valence electrons increases while the correlation effect decreases with an increase in the Fe doping.

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We have explored the electric field controlled magnetization in the nanodot CoFeO/SrRuO/PMN-PT (CFO/SRO/PMN-PT) heterostructures. Ordered ferromagnetic CFO nanodots (∼300 nm lateral dimension) are developed on the PMN-PT substrate (ferroelectric as well as piezoelectric) using a nanostencil-mask pattering method during pulsed laser deposition. The nanostructures reveal electric field induced magnetization reversal in the single domain CFO nanodots through transfer of piezostrains from the piezoelectric PMN-PT substrate to the CFO.

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In this work, we have presented a solid-solution of SmDyFeOin the form of nano-particles having spin reorientation transition (SRT) at a temperature interval of 220-260 K. The lattice dynamics of SmDyFeOhave investigated by temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. A negative thermal expansion at low temperatures has observed, which might be due to the interaction between Smand Fesublattice.

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The local domain structure of a strain free, 150 nm thick, epitaxially grown single crystalline thin film of CaCu(3)Ti(4)O(12) is probed by polarized Raman spectroscopy. The polarization dependence of the Raman intensities of the observed bands as a function of varying angle between the domain axes and the polarization vector of the scattered laser photon is measured. Theoretical formulations involving the Raman tensor are presented, which enable determination of the domain structure from the observed polarized Raman spectra, and a single-crystal-like domain structure is found.

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We present our study of the effect of substrate induced strain on La(5/8-y)Pr(y)Ca(3/8)MnO(3) (y = 0.45) thin films grown on LaAlO(3), NdGaO(3) and SrTiO(3) substrates that show large scale phase separation. It is observed that unstrained films grown on NdGaO(3) behave quite similarly to bulk material but the strained films grown on SrTiO(3) show melting of the insulating phase to the metallic phase at low temperatures.

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