Relevance of the Preparation of the Target for PLD on the Magnetic Properties of Films of Iron-Doped Indium Oxide

Albargi, Hasan B.; Alshammari, Marzook S.; Museery, Kadi Y.; Heald, Steve M.; Jiang, Feng-Xian; Saeedi, Ahmad M. A.; Fox, A. Mark; Gehring, Gillian A.

doi:10.3390/coatings9060381

Title: Relevance of the Preparation of the Target for PLD on the Magnetic Properties of Films of Iron-Doped Indium Oxide

Journal Article · Thu Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Coatings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9060381· OSTI ID:1529714

Albargi, Hasan B.; Alshammari, Marzook S.; Museery, Kadi Y.;

; Jiang, Feng-Xian;

; Fox, A. Mark;

This paper concerns the importance of the preparation of the targets that may be used for pulsed laser deposition of iron-doped indium oxide films. Targets with a fixed concentration of iron are fabricated from indium oxide and iron metal or one of the oxides of iron, FeO, Fe₃O₄ and Fe₂O₃. Films from each target were ablated onto sapphire substrates at the same temperature under different oxygen pressures such that the thickness of the films was kept approximately constant. The films were studied using X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption (both XANES and EXAFS), optical absorption and magnetic circular dichroism. The magnetic properties were measured with a SQUID magnetometer. At the lowest oxygen pressure, there was evidence that some of the iron ions in the films were in the state Fe²⁺, rather than Fe³⁺, and there was also a little metallic iron; these properties were accompanied by a substantial magnetisation. As the amount of the oxygen was increased, the number of defect phases and the saturation magnetisation was reduced and the band gap increased. In each case, we found that the amount of the oxygen that had been included in the target from the precursor added to the effect of adding oxygen in the deposition chamber. It was concluded that the amount of oxygen in the target due to the precursor was an important consideration but not a defining factor in the quality of the films.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Canadian Light Source, Inc.; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1529714

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1526008

Journal Information:: Coatings, Journal Name: Coatings Vol. 9 Journal Issue: 6; ISSN 2079-6412

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Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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