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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2011.21.2.056

Analysis on Optical Properties of Transition-metal Substituted Ferromagnetic T0.2Fe2.8O4 (T = V, Cr, Mn) Compounds  

Kim, Kwang-Joo (Department of Physics, Konkuk University)
Abstract
Optical properties of $T_{0.2}Fe_{2.8}O_4$ (T = V, Cr, Mn) thin films derived from ferrimagnetic $Fe_3O_4$ were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry in the 1~8 eV photon-energy range. The difference in optical-absorption spectrum between the ternary compounds and $Fe_3O_4$ was analyzed based on preferable sites in spinel structure and iconicity of the doped V, Cr, and Mn ions. The observed absorption spectra from $Fe_3O_4$ and the ternary compounds can be interpreted as mainly due to charge-transfer transitions of Fe d electrons characterized by absorption structures with wide energy width. Also, the observed absorption structures with narrow energy width can be interpreted as due to crystal-field transitions between different d electron configurations of tetrahedral $Fe^{3+}(d^5)$ ion. The transitions were described in terms of spin-polarized electronic states of $Fe_3O_4$.
Keywords
ferrimagnet; optical properties; electronic structure; charge-transfer transition; crystal-field transition;
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