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The electronic structure of GdN from x-ray spectroscopy Andrew Preston [email protected] Department of Physics Boston University

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The electronic structure of GdN from x-ray spectroscopy. Andrew Preston [email protected] Department of Physics Boston University. NML at BU. Co-authors. Ben Ruck , Joe Trodahl Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Walter Lambrecht Case Western Reserve James Downes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The electronic structure of GdN from x-ray spectroscopy

Andrew [email protected]

Department of PhysicsBoston University

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Kevin Smith Louis Piper Sang Wan Cho

Alex DeMasi

NML at BU

09/09/28

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Co-authors

Ben Ruck, Joe Trodahl Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Walter Lambrecht Case Western Reserve

James Downes Macquari University, Australia

Louis Piper, Kevin Smith Boston University

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Overview

High quality thin films Temperature dependant X-ray at the N K- and Gd M-edges

Absorption Emission Resonant emission

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GdN

Half-filled 4f shell Phys. Rev. B 73, 235335 (2006)

Semiconducting Ferromagnetic 70 K

Phys. Rev. B 76, 085211 (2007) Optical redshift

J. Appl. Phys. 106, 063910 (2009) Epitaxial GdN n ~ 4 x 1020 cm-3 Negative magnetoresistance YSZ capping layer

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X-ray absorption (XAS)

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Band structure

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Band structure

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N K-edge XXS

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ReN N K-edge XAS

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N K-edge XXS

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Spin-resolved PDOS

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M-edge XAS and XES

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Thanks

Appl. Phys. Lett. submitted