Soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of weakly ferromagnetic Zn${}_{1-x}$V${}_x$O thin film

Abstract

We performed a soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) study of a Zn${}_{1-x}$V${}_x$O thin film which showed small ferromagnetic moment. Field and temperature dependences of V 2$p$ XMCD signals indicated the coexistence of Curie-Weiss paramagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and possibly ferromagnetic V ions, quantitatively consistent with the magnetization measurements. We attribute the paramagnetic signal to V ions substituting Zn sites which are somewhat elongated along the c-axis.

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