Abstract
The electronic structure of GdN films grown by pulsed laser deposition has been investigated by soft x-ray absorption (XAS) and x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) at the N K-edge. Density functional calculations within the local spin density approximation with Hubbard- U corrections of the N p weighted bands and density of states are used to extract band information from the spectra. Gd M4,5 XAS and XES spectra are also presented. The XES-XAS separation is shown to give information on the f -band spin splitting and the XAS line shapes are shown to reflect atomic multiplet effects.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 032101 |
Pages (from-to) | 032101-1-032101-3 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |