5 research outputs found
Electronic structure of RE1-xAxMnO3 manganite films investigated by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy
Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy was used to study the features
of the electronic structure of an epitaxial La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 film in the range of
1.2 - 4 eV. The study of the temperature behavior of the MCD spectra made it
possible to establish a correlation between the magnetooptical and transport
properties of the sample. The data obtained were analyzed in comparison with
MCD data for polycrystalline manganite films of various RE1-xAxMnO3
compositions. The MCD spectra of the films were compared with the spectra of
the off-diagonal component of the permittivity tensor calculated from the data
of the magneto-optical Kerr effect for films of the same composition. A unified
set of ground and excited electronic states characteristic of RE1-xAxMnO3
manganites in the visible and near infrared ranges has been identified. These
results are important for a qualitative theoretical description of the
electronic structure of strongly correlated magnetic oxides.Comment: 5 figures, 2 table
Semiconducting Electronic Structure of the Ferromagnetic Spinel Revealed by Soft-X-Ray Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
We study the electronic structure of the ferromagnetic spinel
by soft-x-ray angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy (SX-ARPES) and first-principles calculations. While
a theoretical study has predicted that this material is a magnetic Weyl
semimetal, SX-ARPES measurements give direct evidence for a semiconducting
state in the ferromagnetic phase. Band calculations based on the density
functional theory with hybrid functionals reproduce the experimentally
determined band gap value, and the calculated band dispersion matches well with
ARPES experiments. We conclude that the theoretical prediction of a Weyl
semimetal state in underestimates the
band gap, and this material is a ferromagnetic semiconductor.Comment: 6+13 pages, 4+13 figure
Magnetic Semiconductors as Materials for Spintronics
From the various aspects of spintronics the review highlights the area devoted to the creation of new functional materials based on magnetic semiconductors and demonstrates both the main physical phenomena involved and the technical possibilities of creating various devices: maser, p-n diode with colossal magnetoresistance, spin valve, magnetic lens, optical modulators, spin wave amplifier, etc. Particular attention is paid to promising research directions such as ultrafast spin transport and THz spectroscopy of magnetic semiconductors. Special care has been taken to include a brief theoretical background and experimental results for the new spintronics approach employing magnetostrictive semiconductors-strain-magnetooptics. Finally, it presents top-down approaches for magnetic semiconductors. The mechano-physical methods of obtaining and features of the physical properties of high-density nanoceramics based on complex magnetic oxides are considered. The potential possibility of using these nanoceramics as an absorber of solar energy, as well as in modulators of electromagnetic radiation, is shown
Magnetic Semiconductors as Materials for Spintronics
From the various aspects of spintronics the review highlights the area devoted to the creation of new functional materials based on magnetic semiconductors and demonstrates both the main physical phenomena involved and the technical possibilities of creating various devices: maser, p-n diode with colossal magnetoresistance, spin valve, magnetic lens, optical modulators, spin wave amplifier, etc. Particular attention is paid to promising research directions such as ultrafast spin transport and THz spectroscopy of magnetic semiconductors. Special care has been taken to include a brief theoretical background and experimental results for the new spintronics approach employing magnetostrictive semiconductors—strain-magnetooptics. Finally, it presents top-down approaches for magnetic semiconductors. The mechano-physical methods of obtaining and features of the physical properties of high-density nanoceramics based on complex magnetic oxides are considered. The potential possibility of using these nanoceramics as an absorber of solar energy, as well as in modulators of electromagnetic radiation, is shown
Strain-Magnetooptics in Single Crystals of CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>
The strain-magnetooptical properties of single crystals of the ferrimagnetic spinel CoFe2O4, which reflect a correlation between optical properties (magnetoabsorption and magnetoreflection) and magnetostriction, have been studied in the infrared spectral range. The conditions for the observation of the strain-magnetooptics are specified and physical mechanisms responsible for these effects in the spinel are explained