We report on ferromagnetic characteristics of Zn1-xMnxO (x=0.1 and 0.3) thin films grown on Al2O3(00∙1) substrates using laser molecular-beam epitaxy. By increasing the Mn content, the films exhibited increases in both the c-axis lattice constant and fundamental band gap energy. The Curie temperature obtained from temperature-dependent magnetization curves was 45 K for the film with x=0.3, depending on the Mn composition in the films. The remanent magnetization and coercive field of Zn0.9Mn0.1O at 5 K were 0.9 emu/g and 300 Oe, respectively. For Zn0.7Mn0.3O, the remanent magnetization at 5 K increased to 3.4 emu/g. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:80
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Issue:
24
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Date of Publication:
Jun 2002
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4561
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4563
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.1487927
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Journals & Magazines
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18 June 2009
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Jun 2002