Rock salt structure GdO epitaxial thin film with a high ferromagnetic Curie temperature

Taku Yamamoto; Kenichi Kaminaga; Daichi Saito; Daichi Oka; Tomoteru Fukumura

doi:10.1063/5.0017954

Rock salt structure GdO epitaxial thin film with a high ferromagnetic Curie temperature

Taku Yamamoto, Kenichi Kaminaga, Daichi Saito, Daichi Oka, Tomoteru Fukumura

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GdO with unusual valence of Gd2+ (4f75d1) has been known as the only gas phase so far. In this study, we report on the growth of solid phase rock salt structure GdO epitaxial thin films. The GdO thin film was an n-type semiconductor with the bandgap of 0.1 eV. The ferromagnetic Curie temperature (TC) was as high as 276 K, which was much higher than that of archetypal ferromagnetic rare earth monoxide EuO (TC = 69 K). TC increased slightly with electron doping similar to non-stoichiometric EuO1-δ, while decreased significantly with La doping probably caused by the magnetic dilution effect due to substitution of Gd with divalent La.

Original language	English
Article number	052402
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0017954
Publication status	Published - 2020 Aug 3
Externally published	Yes

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