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Experimental and theoretical analysis of magnetic moment enhancement in oxygen-deficient EuO
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Barbagallo, M., Hine, Nicholas, Cooper, J. F. K., Steinke, N. -J., Ionescu, A., Barnes, C. H. W., Kinane, C. J., Dalgliesh, R. M., Charlton, T. R. and Langridge, S. (2010) Experimental and theoretical analysis of magnetic moment enhancement in oxygen-deficient EuO. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 81 (23). 235216. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235216 ISSN 1098-0121.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235216
Abstract
We have carried out both experimental and theoretical studies of the magnetic properties of thin films of oxygen-deficient EuO. Accurate control of the oxygen vacancy concentration in these films was achieved by sputter codeposition of Eu and Eu2O3. The films were characterized by superconducting quantum interference device, x-ray reflectometry and polarized neutron reflectometry and the magnetic moment was found to increase monotonically with oxygen vacancy concentration. The electronic structure of EuO1−x was calculated using density-functional theory (DFT+U). In agreement with previous studies, these calculations show that oxygen vacancies act as n-type dopants in EuO and that the excess electrons preferentially populate the majority spin branch of the spin-polarized conduction band. The observed increase in the magnetic moment originating from these excess electrons was accurately determined experimentally and found to be in good agreement with our quantitative predictions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) | ||||
Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||
ISSN: | 1098-0121 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | 81 | ||||
Number: | 23 | ||||
Article Number: | 235216 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235216 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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