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arXiv 1902.03388cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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原位生长FeN薄膜磁性和结构的N-K边XAS和核磁共振散射研究

Magnetism and structure of in-situ grown FeN films studied using N K-edge XAS and nuclear resonance scattering

Mukul Gupta, Nidhi Pandey, Niti, V. R. Reddy, D. M. Phase, Kai Schlage, Hans-Christian Wille, Ajay Gupta

摘要:

研究了\textit{in-situ}生长的一氮化铁(FeN)薄膜的结构和磁性。利用基于同步辐射的软X射线吸收近边光谱(XANES)在N $K$ -边缘和核共振散射(NRS)的膜生长的初始阶段被捕获。采用直流磁控溅射法,分别在SXAS光束线(BL 01,Indus 2)和NRS光束线(P01,Petra III)的实验站上生长薄膜。结果发现,薄膜生长的初始阶段不同于它的散装。超薄FeN薄膜,表现出更大的能量分离之间的t $_{2g}$和e $_g$功能和强烈的e $_g$功能的N $K$ -边缘图案。这表明当薄膜厚度超过5 nm时,FeN薄膜的结构发生了从岩板(RS)型向锌板(ZB)型的转变.这种N $K$ -边缘特征的行为与在100 K的NRS图案中出现的磁性分量的出现非常好地相关。结合\textit{in-situ} XANES和NRS测量,看来初始FeN层生长在具有磁性基态的RS型结构中。随后,结构变为已知为非磁性的ZB型。观察到的结果有助于解决长期存在的争论的结构和磁性基态的FeN。

英文摘要:

We studied the structural and magnetic properties of \textit{in-situ} grown iron mononitride (FeN) thin films. Initial stages of film growth were trapped utilizing synchrotron based soft x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) at the N $K$-edge and nuclear resonant scattering (NRS). Films were grown using dc-magnetron sputtering, separately at the experimental stations of SXAS beamline (BL01, Indus 2) and NRS beamline (P01, Petra III). It was found that the initial stages of film growth differs from the bulk of it. Ultrathin FeN films, exhibited larger energy separation between the t$_{2g}$ and e$_g$ features and an intense e$_g$ feature in the N $K$-edge pattern. This indicates that a structural transition is taking place from the rock-slat (RS)-type FeN to zinc-blende(ZB)-type FeN when the thickness of films increases beyond 5\,nm. The behavior of such N $K$-edge features correlates very well with the emergence of a magnetic component appearing in the NRS pattern at 100\,K in ultrathin FeN films. Combining the \textit{in-situ} XANES and NRS measurements, it appears that initial FeN layers grow in RS-type structure having a magnetic ground state. Subsequently, the structure changes to ZB-type which is known to be non-magnetic. Observed results help in resolving the long standing debate about the structure and the magnetic ground state of FeN.

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