X-ray magnetic spectroscopy of MBE-grown Mn-doped Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} thin films
- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120 (United States)
- Magnetic Spectroscopy Group, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, OX11 0DE (United Kingdom)
We report the growth of Mn-doped Bi{sub 2}Se{sub 3} thin films by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), SQUID magnetometry and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). Epitaxial films were deposited on c-plane sapphire substrates by co-evaporation. The films exhibit a spiral growth mechanism typical of this material class, as revealed by AFM. The XRD measurements demonstrate a good crystalline structure which is retained upon doping up to ∼7.5 atomic-% Mn, determined by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), and show no evidence of the formation of parasitic phases. However an increasing interstitial incorporation of Mn is observed with increasing doping concentration. A magnetic moment of 5.1 μ{sub B}/Mn is obtained from bulk-sensitive SQUID measurements, and a much lower moment of 1.6 μ{sub B}/Mn from surface-sensitive XMCD. At ∼2.5 K, XMCD at the Mn L{sub 2,3} edge, reveals short-range magnetic order in the films and indicates ferromagnetic order below 1.5 K.
- OSTI ID:
- 22420214
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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