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Ferromagnetic properties in Fe-doped ZnS thin films

FENG ZHU1,* , SHAN DONG1, GUANDONG YANG1

Affiliation

  1. State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China

Abstract

Fe-doped ZnS single-phase thin films showing ferromagnetism have been successfully prepared by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on GaAs substrates. Field and temperature dependent magnetization curve indicate that the sample with a Curie temperature Tc as high as 270K. The X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy (AFM) reveal that the thin films are well crystallized, Fe ions are substituted for Zn ions in the ZnS matrix and no trace of secondary phases or Fe clusters is detected. The experimental results are explained theoretically by spin-polarized density functional calculations within generalized-gradient approximations (GGA), which indicates the observed high Tc could be mainly ascribed to the p-d exchange coupling between Fe ions and host elements.

Keywords

Fe-doped ZnS, First principles calculation, Ferromagnetic properties, High Curie temperature.

Citation

FENG ZHU, SHAN DONG, GUANDONG YANG, Ferromagnetic properties in Fe-doped ZnS thin films, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 12, December 2010, pp.2072-2075 (2010).

Submitted at: Nov. 22, 2010

Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2010