Room temperature ferromagnetism of amorphous MgO films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

  • Jing Li
  • , Yinzhu Jiang
  • , Guohua Bai
  • , Tianyu Ma
  • , Deren Yang
  • , Youwei Du
  • , Mi Yan

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Abstract

Amorphous MgO thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) under various oxygen pressures. The structural, magnetic, and optical properties of the films were investigated. All as-deposited samples exhibit room temperature ferromagnetism, which depend strongly on oxygen pressure. It is found that the saturation magnetization (M s) initially increases with the oxygen pressure, the maximum M s of 8.57 emu/cm3 is obtained for the MgO film deposited under an oxygen pressure of 2 mTorr. However, the M s significantly reduces at higher oxygen pressures. Further X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and photoluminescence demonstrate that the long-range magnetic order in amorphous MgO films can be attributed to the nonstoichiometry effect and the presence of Mg vacancies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)997-1001
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume115
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

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