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The giant magneto-optical Faraday effect of nanometer ferromagnetic metal-semiconductor matrix Fe-In2O3 granular films prepared by the radio frequency sputtering are studied. The result shows that the Faraday rotation angle θ F value of the granular film samples with Fe volume fraction x = 35% is of the order of 105(°)/cm at room temperature. Temperature dependence of the Faraday rotation angle θ F of Fe0.35(In2O3)0.65 granular films shows that θ F value below 10 K increases rapidly with the decrease of the temperature, and when T = 4.2 K, θ F value is 106(°)/cm. Through the study of the dependence of low field susceptibility on temperature and the hysteresis loops at different temperatures, it has been found that when the temperature decreases to a critical point T P = 10 K, the transformation of state from ferromagnetic to spin-glass-like occurs in Fe0.35(In2O3)0.65 granular films. The remarkable increase of the Faraday rotation angle θ F value of Fe0.35(In2O3)0.65 granular films below 10 K seems to arise from the sp-d exchange interaction of the granular film samples in the spin-glass-like state.
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Lin, Z., LianSheng, Z. & ShuQin, X. Giant magneto-optical faraday effect of nanometer Fe-In2O3 granular films. Chin. Sci. Bull. 53, 1133–1137 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-008-0043-9
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