Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
ULTRAFAST SIGNATURES OF MAGNETIC INHOMOGENEITY IN PD1-XFEX (X < 0.08) EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2022
Языканглийский
  • Tagirov Lenar Rafgatovich, author
  • Yusupov Roman Valerevich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Petrov A.V, Nikitin S.I, Tagirov L.R, Ultrafast signatures of magnetic inhomogeneity in Pd1?xFex (x < 0.08) epitaxial thin films//Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. - 2022. - Vol.13, Is.. - P.836-844.
    Annotation A series of Pd1-xFex alloy epitaxial films (x = 0. 0.038. 0.062, and 0.080), a material promising for superconducting spintronics, was prepared and studied with ultrafast optical and magneto-optical laser spectroscopy in a wide temperature range of 4-300 K. It was found that the transition to the ferromagnetic state causes a qualitative change of both the reflectivity and the magneto-optical Kerr effect transients. A nanoscale magnetic inhomogeneity of the ferromagnet/paramagnet type inherent in the palladium-rich Pd1-xFex alloys reveals itself through the occurrence of a relatively slow, 10-25 ps, photoinduced demagnetization component following a subpicosecond one; the former vanishes at low temperatures only in the x = 0.080 sample. We argue that the 10 ps timescale demagnetization originates most probably from the diffusive transport of d electrons under the condition of nanoscale magnetic inhomogeneities. The low-temperature fraction of the residual paramagnetic phase can be deduced from the magnitude of the slow reflectivity relaxation component. It is estimated as =30% for x = 0.038 and «15% for x = 0.062 films. The minimal iron content ensuring the magnetic homogeneity of the ferromagnetic state in the Pd1-xFex alloy at low temperatures is about 7-8 atom %.
    Keywords magnetic inhomogeneity, Pd-Fe alloy, ultrafast optical laser spectroscopy, ultrafast magneto-optical laser spectroscopy
    The name of the journal BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
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