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Title: Magnetism and Optical Transparency in Ru-doped BaSnO 3 Epitaxial Thin Films
We have stabilized epitaxial oxide thin films of transparent, magnetic Ru-doped BaSnO3. Films were grown by pulsed laser deposition and exhibited excellent epitaxy and crystallinity as determined by x-ray diffraction. Epitaxial films of Ru doped BaSnO3 were grown with a ceramic target of nominally 4% Ru doping on the Sn site but resulted in 3% Ru doping in the  lms. Paramagnetic behavior is observed in all  lms with a Curie law dependence on temperature. The field dependence of the magnetization shows a paramagnetic moment that saturates at a value consistent with low spin Ru. Films are also found to be transparent in the visible regime. Together these results demonstrate the realization of highly crystalline, transparent, paramagnetic,epitaxial doped BaSnO3 films.  more » « less
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2037652
PAR ID:
10404193
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2022 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference (INTERMAG)
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National Science Foundation
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