Magneto-optical properties of CdMnTe films on quartz glass and sapphire substrates in the transparent, visible region

Author

Imamura, Masaaki ; Ogata, Kenji ; Tokubuchi, Masaki ; Nakahara, Motonao

Author_Institution

Fukuoka Inst. of Technol., Japan

Volume

30

Issue

6

fYear

1994

fDate

11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

4936

Lastpage

4938

Abstract

Magneto-optical properties in the visible wavelength region are studied on CdMnTe films grown on quartz glass and sapphire (0001) single crystal substrates by MBE. Good quality films with sharp spectra of X-ray diffraction are obtained on the sapphire substrates polished carefully and pre-heated up to 950°C. Weak (111) film-growth is observed for films deposited on the quartz glass substrates. A value of Faraday rotation angle of -0.31 deg/cmG at 700 nm is measured in the Cd _0.59Mn_0.41Te film grown on the sapphire substrate. The values for the films on the quartz glass substrates are 1/3 of those on sapphire. It is shown that the specific rotation in CdMnTe depends strongly upon the crystalline quality of films deposited on the substrate

Keywords

Faraday effect; X-ray diffraction; cadmium compounds; magnetic epitaxial layers; magnetic thin films; manganese compounds; semimagnetic semiconductors; 700 nm; 950 C; Al₂O₃; Cd_0.59Mn_0.41Te film; CdMnTe; CdMnTe films; Faraday rotation angle; SiO₂; X-ray diffraction; crystalline quality; magneto-optical properties; molecular beam epitaxial grown film; quartz glass substrates; sapphire substrates; sharp spectra; transparent visible region; weak (111) film growth; Electrons; Glass; Magnetic properties; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical films; Optical interferometry; Optical surface waves; Semiconductor films; Substrates; X-ray diffraction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.334271

Filename

334271