Title :
Cobalt-doped Zinc Oxide : Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor or Inhomogeneous Ferromagnet?
Author_Institution :
Data Storage Inst., Singapore
Abstract :
To shed some light into the origin of ferromagnetism in ZnO:Co, in this work, we report a systematic study of highly doped Zn1-xCoxO thin films prepared by sputtering.
Keywords :
cobalt; doping; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic thin films; semimagnetic semiconductors; sputter deposition; zinc compounds; ZnO:Co; dilute magnetic semiconductor; doping; ferromagnetism; inhomogeneous ferromagnet; sputtering; thin films; zinc oxide; Aluminum oxide; Atomic force microscopy; Hall effect; Magnetic semiconductors; Optical films; Optical microscopy; Optical sensors; Sputtering; X-ray scattering; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2006. INTERMAG 2006. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1479-2
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2006.375639