- Yu, P;
- Lee, J-S;
- Okamoto, S;
- Rossell, MD;
- Huijben, M;
- Yang, C-H;
- He, Q;
- Zhang, JX;
- Yang, SY;
- Lee, MJ;
- Ramasse, QM;
- Erni, R;
- Chu, Y-H;
- Arena, DA;
- Kao, C-C;
- Martin, LW;
- Ramesh, R
We report the formation of a novel ferromagnetic state in the antiferromagnet BiFeO3 at the interface with ferromagnet La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3. Using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism at Mn and Fe L(2,3) edges, we discovered that the development of this ferromagnetic spin structure is strongly associated with the onset of a significant exchange bias. Our results demonstrate that the magnetic state is directly related to an electronic orbital reconstruction at the interface, which is supported by the linearly polarized x-ray absorption measurement at the oxygen K edge.