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  Epitaxial growth, magnetic properties, and lattice dynamics of Fe nanoclusters on GaAs(001)

Roldan Cuenya, B., Naitabdi, A., Schuster, E., Peters, R., Doi, M., & Keune, W. (2007). Epitaxial growth, magnetic properties, and lattice dynamics of Fe nanoclusters on GaAs(001). Physical Review B, 76(9): 094403. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.094403.

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Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz1, Author           
Naitabdi, A.1, Author
Schuster, E.2, Author
Peters, R.2, Author
Doi, M.2, Author
Keune, W.2, Author
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1Physics Department, University of Central Florida, ou_persistent22              
2Fachbereich Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg), D-47048 Duisburg, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Epitaxial bcc-Fe(001) ultrathin films have been grown at ∼50°C on reconstructed Ga As(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 57Fe 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 ± 5K for tFe=1.9, 2.2, and 2.5 ML, respectively. At T < 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.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2007-05-032005-09-132007-09-102007-09
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 17
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.094403
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Title: Physical Review B
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Pages: 17 Volume / Issue: 76 (9) Sequence Number: 094403 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1098-0121
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925225008