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Epitaxial Growth, Magnetic Properties, And Lattice Dynamics Of Fe Nanoclusters On Gaas(001)
Authors
B. Roldan Cuenya
M. Doi
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A. Naitabdi
R. Peters
E. Schuster
Publication date
10 September 2007
Publisher
'Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS)'
Abstract
Epitaxial bcc-Fe(001) ultrathin films have been grown at ∼50°C on reconstructed GaAs (001) - (4×6) surfaces and investigated in situ in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) by reflection high-energy electron diffraction, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fe57 conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS). For tFe =1 ML (monolayer) Fe coverage, isolated Fe nanoclusters are arranged in rows along the [110] direction. With increasing tFe the Fe clusters first connect along the [-110], but not along the [110] direction at 2.5 ML, then consist of percolated Fe clusters without a preferential orientation at 3 ML, and finally form a nearly smooth film at 4 ML coverage. Segregation of Ga atoms within the film and on the Fe surface appears to occur at tFe =4 ML, as evidenced by XPS. For coverages below the magnetic percolation, temperature-dependent in situ CEMS measurements in zero external field provided superparamagnetic blocking temperatures TB of 62±5, 80±10, and 165±5 K for tFe =1.9, 2.2, and 2.5 ML, respectively. At T\u3c TB, freezing of superparamagnetic clusters is inferred from the observed quasilinear T dependence of the mean hyperfine magnetic field Bhf. By combining the STM and CEMS results, we have determined a large magnetic anisotropy constant of ∼5× 105 and ∼8× 105 J m3 at tFe =1.9-2.2 and 2.5 ML, respectively. For tFe ≤2.5 ML, our uncoated free Fe clusters exhibit intrinsic magnetic ordering below TB, contrary to literature reports on metal-coated Fe clusters on GaAs. Our present results demonstrate that the nature of the percolation transition for free Fe nanoclusters on GaAs(001) in UHV is from superparamagnetism to ferromagnetism. From the Mössbauer spectral area, a very low Debye temperature ΘD of 196±4 K is deduced for these uncoated Fe nanoclusters in UHV, indicating a strong phonon softening in the clusters. © 2007 The American Physical Society
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