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Microstructure of the Oriented Hexagonal HoMnO3Thin Films by PLD

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 12, Number 4, 31 Dec 2007, Pages 141-143
Dong-Hyeok Choi(Department of Physics, Kookmin University), In-Bo Shim(Department of Physics, Kookmin University), Tae-Joon Kouh(Department of Physics, Kookmin University), Chul-Sung Kim* (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract

We have fabricated (0001) oriented hexagonal HoMnO3 thin films with thickness of 300 nm using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique on Pt(111)/Ti/Sio2/Si substrates. The XRD θ-2θ pattern shows only (0002), (0004), and (0008) reflection of a hexagonal phase, and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of (0004) peak is under 1.6°. The chemical state of Mn from XPS spectra of the films reveals the presence of Mn3+ only. The temperature dependence of dielectric constant shows a weak anomaly at magnetic N'eel temperature(TN) , which is about 70 K.

 

Keywords: multiferroic; HoMnO_3; thin film
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2007.12.4.141
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