Defect-band mediated ferromagnetism in Gd-doped ZnO thin films

• Main Authors: Venkatesh, S., Franklin, J. B., Ryan, M. P., Lee, J.-S., Ohldag, Hendrik, McLachlan, M. A., Alford, N. M., Roqan, I. S.
• 其他作者: Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2015
• 主題: DRNTU::Science::Physics
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106886; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25222

Gd-doped ZnO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition with Gd concentrations varying from 0.02–0.45 atomic percent (at. %) showed deposition oxygen pressure controlled ferromagnetism. Thin films prepared with Gd dopant levels (<Gd 0.112 at. %) at low oxygen deposition pressure (<25 mTorr...