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High throughput characterization of magnetic semiconductor thin films with a scanning SQUID microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

X. J. Fan
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
M. Murakami
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
R. Takahasi
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
T. Koida
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
Y. Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
T. Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
T. Fukumura
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
M. Kawasaki
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
P. Ahmet
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
T. Chikyow
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
H. Koinuma
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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Abstract

Magnetic properties of Co-doped rutile (Ti1-xCoxO2) film in combinatorial composition-spread form have been surveyed by means of a Scanning Superconducting-quantum-interference-device Microscope (SSM). As a consequence, we found magnetic domains in the spatial regions with x>0.05 without external field, giving strong evidence for ferromagnetism with finite spontaneous magnetization. The magnetic moment was monotonously increased with increasing doping level x from 0.05 to ∼ 0.13. On the other hand, it was almost unchanged for x > ∼ 0.13, suggesting that Co does not dissolve into rutile film beyond x ∼ 0.13. The SSM results on the rutile Ti0.95Co0.05O2 thin films with different thickness showed that the magnetic moment is proportional to film thickness, leading to a conclusion that the presently observed ferromagnetism does not result from Co or Co-based oxide particles on the film surface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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