Fabrication of ultrathin epitaxial γ-Fe2O3 films by reactive sputtering

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作者
Li, Peng [1 ]
Jiang, E. Y. [1 ]
Bai, H. L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Tianjin Univ, Fac Sci, Inst Adv Mat Phys, Tianjin Key Lab Low Dimens Mat Phys & Preparing T, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES; FERRIC OXIDE; THIN-FILMS; GROWTH; ALPHA-FE2O3; FE3O4;
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10.1088/0022-3727/44/7/075003
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Ultrathin epitaxial gamma-Fe2O3 (0 0 1) and (0 1 1) films are synthesized by reactive sputtering on corresponding MgO substrates. The average roughness of the epitaxial films increases with decreasing film thickness, and that of similar to 5 nm thick films is similar to 4.2 angstrom. The easy axis of the epitaxial gamma-Fe2O3 films is verified to be < 1 1 1 > by angular dependence of hysteresis loops measured by a vibrating sample magnetometer with a sample rotator. The saturation magnetization of the ultrathin epitaxial gamma-Fe2O3 films is close to the bulk value of similar to 90 emu cm(-3) and independent of film thickness when the thickness is above 5 nm, which is crucial for their practical applications in spin filter devices.
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