Journal of Applied Physics AIP's archival journal for significant new results in applied physics. [JAP Home ] [All Online Issues: Browse | Search ] [Article Purchases ] [SPIN Database: Browse | Search ] [Forthcoming Abstracts ] [HELP ] [EXIT ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article Collection: View Collection | Help (Click on the COLLECT ARTICLE to add an article.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Bottom of Page <#bottom> ] Journal of Applied Physics -- May 15, 1994 -- Volume 75, Issue 10, pp. 6501-6503 Full Text: [ PDF (504 kB) GZipped PS ] Order ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electron-energy-loss spectroscopy of Fe thin films on GaAs(001) J. Yuan, E. Gu, M. Gester, J. A. C. Bland, and L. M. Brown Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge CB3 OHE, United Kingdom An electron-microscopy-based technique of electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) has been used to characterize electronic and magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe films grown on GaAs(100) surface, as a function of the film thickness. Large-area electron transparent membranes for microscopic analysis are prepared by ion-beam thinning or chemical etching from the substrate side, and the top surface of the ultrathin Fe film is protected by a thin Cr layer. Analysis of the Fe 2p, Cr 2p, and O 1s absorption spectra confirms that only the Cr layer is oxidized. The local magnetic moments of the ultrathin Fe films are deduced from the ``white line'' branching ratio in the Fe 2p absorption spectra. For Fe films as thin as 150 Å, the magnetic moment is not different from that found in bulk alpha-Fe. For a 70-Å Fe film, the local magnetic moment is enhanced although the average magnetization is reduced. As doping is suspected to be the cause for the departure from bulk alpha-Fe properties. In the case where the 50-Å film is polycrystalline and discontinuous, spatially resolved EELS has been used to distinguish small island clusters from large crystalline particles. The large particles are alpha-Fe crystallites and the islands are probably also heavily affected by As doping. Journal of Applied Physics is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/1.356950 PACS: 75.70.Ak, 82.80.Pv, 68.55.Jk Additional Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Text: [ PDF (504 kB) GZipped PS ] Order The American Institute of Physics is a member of CrossRef . [ Previous / Next Abstract | Issue Table of Contents | Top of Page <#top> ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article Collection: View Collection Help (Click on the COLLECT ARTICLE to add an article.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [JAP Home ] [All Online Issues: Browse | Search ] [SPIN Database: Browse | Search ] [HELP ] [EXIT ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Published by the American Institute of Physics Copyright © 2002 American Institute of Physics