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Magnetooptik und elektronische Struktur der magnetisch ordnenden Europiumchalkogenide

Magnetooptics and electronic structure of the magnetic ordering europium chalcogenides

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

Abstract

The absorption coefficient and the interband Faraday rotation of EuS, EuSe and EuTe thin films have been measured as function of the photon energy (1–6 eV), the temperature (2.7–300 K) and the applied magnetic field (0–11.5 kOe). In addition a magnetic field modulation technique has been developed, with a resolution of 2 ⋅ 10−4 deg. This allows the measurement of the Faraday rotation in fields of only 100 Oe, which is important for metamagnetic samples with low critical fields.

A Kramers-Kronig transformation of the Faraday rotation leads to the circular dichroism and from these two quantities and the optical constants the off-diagonal elements of the conductivity tensor have been computed. From a comparison of this experimental result with values obtained from a modified atomic model, we deduce the character of the involved transitions and the spin polarization of the occupied ground states (4f 7,p(anion)). In addition the ratio of exchange splitting to band width of the empty 5d final state can be evaluated. The fine structure of the first main peak is discussed in terms of Kasuya's coupling scheme between the 4f 6 multiplett and the excited 5d electron. In the antiferromagnetic EuTe the temperature dependence of the Faraday rotation does not follow the net magnetization of the sample for all photon energies, but some transitions show a “ferromagnetic” behavior. This is interpreted in Slater's model of the magnetic Brillouin zone.

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Schoenes, J. Magnetooptik und elektronische Struktur der magnetisch ordnenden Europiumchalkogenide. Z Physik B 20, 345–368 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313205

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