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wave states degenerate with the FMR frequency and there should be almost no two magnon<br />

scattering contribution to the line width. This out-of-plane value of FMR line width for nickel<br />

ferrite film is the lowest compared to those have been reported previously. The best value has<br />

been reported so far is for annealed nickel ferrite film deposited by PLD method, which is ~330<br />

Oe.[101] However, this line width is still larger than the bulk value (40~80 Oe).[170] Possible<br />

reasons include valence exchange effect and slowly relaxing mechanism, both of which are<br />

related to chemical impurities. The valence exchange effect results from the existence of small<br />

amount of Fe 2+ cations in the lattice structure, which can induce channel for electron hopping<br />

between Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ sites. Slowly relaxing impurities could be from trace amount of metal<br />

cations from the precursors.[30]<br />

Fig. 51. In-plane and out-of-plane FMR curves of nickel ferrite film deposited on MgAl2O4 at 600˚C.<br />

4.2.2.2 Thin Film Growth on MgO(111), STO(100), PMN-PT(100) and PZN-PT(100)<br />

Nickel ferrite thin film growth on various other substrates than MgAl2O4 (100) and<br />

MgO(100) are also investigated. Epitaxial growth of nickel ferrite on MgO(111) has been found<br />

in the temperature range of 500˚C to 800˚C, as shown in Fig.52. Only diffraction peaks from<br />

(111) orientation can be observed and the diffraction intensity increase with increasing<br />

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