Abstract
We fabricated Fe3-x Mx O4 (M=Mn,Zn) thin film by pulsed laser deposition technique and investigated their electronic structure by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HX-PES) and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). HX-PES and XMCD revealed that the solid solution system of Fe3-x Mx O4 (M=Mn,Zn) is the best candidate for tunable ferromagnetic oxide semiconductor judging from systematic change of Fe, Mn core-level spectra, and valence band spectra by substitution. We present a model to explain modulation of electric and magnetic properties and electronic structure evolution caused by strongly correlated electron.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 205108 |
Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |