Home 
Retrieve | Search
 
Issues
No.1(pp.1-34)
Home > Issues > Volume 13 (2008) > No.1(pp.1-34)
 
Characteristics of MnsSi1-s Te Compound Studied by Electron Magnetic Resonance and Other Experiments
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 13, Number 1, 31 Mar 2008, Pages 23-29
Sung-Ho Na* (Department of Physics, Pusan National University), Heung-Chul Kim(Department of Physics, Pusan National University), Jung-Woo Park(Department of Physics, Pusan National University), Jang-Whan Kim(Department of Physics, Pusan National University)
Abstract
The magnetic and other physical characteristics of MnsSi1-s Te have been investigated by electron magnetic resonance (EMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and other experiments. MnsSi1-s Te is found to have corundum structure for manganese contents up to 10% and also to be ferromagnetic for temperatures below 80 K. While ferromagnetic resonance signal coexists with the usual paramagnetic resonance signal, invariance of the g-factor inferred from the electron paramagnetic resonance signals throughout all temperature ranges clearly confirms that the manganese ions are in the electronic 3d5 state. The temperature dependence of EMR line-width is the same as other diluted magnetic semiconductors. From the EMR signals relaxation times T2andT1 of MnsSi1-s Te compounds are estimated to be about     4.4×10-10s and 9.3×10-8s respectively and are found to vary slightly with temperature or composition change. Exchange narrowing of the EMR line-width becomes dominant for the sample in which the substitution ratio, x = 30%. For one sample, in which x = 0.5%, spin glass-like behavior is indicated by EMR signals for temperatures lower than 60 K. This behavior may authentic for samples within a certain range of x.
Keywords: electron magnetic resonance; ferromagnetism; EMR line-width; g-factor; diluted magnetic semiconductor; spin glass
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2008.13.1.23
Full Text: PDF
 
Copyright(c) 2009 The Korean Magnetics Society All rights reserved. E-mail : komag@unitel.co.kr