Temperature dependent phonon Raman scattering of highly a-axis oriented CoFe 2O 4 inverse spinel ferromagnetic films grown by pulsed laser deposition

Y. Y. Liao, Y. W. Li, Z. G. Hu, J. H. Chu

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Abstract

Lattice vibrations of highly a-axis oriented CoFe 2O 4 (CFO) films have been investigated by Raman scattering in the temperature range of 80-873 K. The five phonon modes T 1g(2), T 1g(3), E g, A 1g(1), A 1g(2), and their evolutions can be uniquely distinguished. It was found that an electron transfer between Co 2 and Fe 3 cations occurs in octahedral sites at about 173 K. The structure disorder in the CFO films appears with increasing the temperature, which indicates the cation migration between tetrahedral and octahedral sites. The phenomena suggest the structural transformation trend from inverse spinel to normal spinel at the elevated temperatures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number071905
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume100
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Feb 2012

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