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5.1. Chemical stabilization of bulk-like EuO directly on silicon 87<br />
are depicted in Fig. 5.1. In stoichiometric EuO (i), M(T ) roughly follows a Brillouin function,<br />
as expected for a Heisenberg ferromagnet with spin angular momentum S = 7/2. 18 We can<br />
observe a magnetic saturation moment of M S = 6.7µ B , close to the bulk value of 7µ B per Eu 2+<br />
as expected for a 4f 7 : 8 S7/2 system. Likewise, the normalized M(H) characteristics taken at<br />
2 K (see inset of Fig. 5.1) displays a clear square-like ferromagnetic hysteresis with a coercive<br />
field of H c ≈ 100 Oe of the (i) stoichiometric EuO/Si (001) heterostructure. This magnitude<br />
of coercive field is characteristic for polycrystalline EuO.<br />
The complementary EuO/Si heterostructure (ii) comprising oxygen-rich EuO, in contrast,<br />
reveals an M(T ) curve in Fig. 5.1 which is almost completely suppressed. Here, a reduced<br />
magnetic saturation moment M S = 1.5µ B is detected at 2 K, caused by a dominant fraction of<br />
paramagnetic Eu 3+ cations in Eu 3 O 4 or Eu 2 O 3 phases, which instantly form under any oxygen<br />
excess. This mainly paramagnetic behavior is also reflected in the M(H) curve (inset) of<br />
oxygen-rich EuO, in which a hysteretic behavior of remaining EuO is hardly identified.<br />
The complete alteration of the magnetic behavior due to an oxygen partial pressure change<br />
of only 2 × 10 −9 Torr underlines that the oxygen supply is an extremely important parameter<br />
during EuO synthesis, in order to obtain EuO/Si structures of stoichiometric type (i) instead<br />
of Eu 1 O 1+x (ii). <br />
HAXPES: Analysis of the Eu 4f valence level<br />
Eu 3d<br />
Eu 4f<br />
e −<br />
e − z EuO = 50..95 Å<br />
Eu 4d<br />
e −<br />
Eu 4s<br />
e −<br />
photoelectron<br />
yield<br />
Al<br />
Figure 5.2.: Photoemission information<br />
depths z, as calculated<br />
for the particular EuO/Si heterostructures<br />
and core-levels<br />
investigated in this study<br />
under hard X-ray excitation of<br />
hν = 4.2 keV.<br />
hard x-ray<br />
excitation<br />
10.7 nm<br />
19 nm<br />
z<br />
d EuO = 45 Å<br />
18 nm<br />
17 nm<br />
information depth calculated<br />
for electrons from Eu orbitals<br />
Si<br />
(100)<br />
EuO<br />
A straightforward analysis of the EuO chemical state is feasible by the analysis of the harddray<br />
photoemission spectra of the Eu 4f orbital. Due to the highly localized character of the<br />
4f valence band with an energy dispersion limited to 0.3 eV, 41,171 hybridization with other<br />
ligand states is weak and photoemission from the deeper bound oxygen 2p valence band becomes<br />
well distinguishable, as indicated † by a recent LDA+U band structure of EuO 41 . In<br />
contrast to photoemission spectroscopy of deep core-levels, final state screening effects of the<br />
4f photo-hole are negligible here. Depending on the Eu 1 O 1+x stoichiometry, Eu cations will<br />
be either in a divalent Eu 2+ initial state with half-filled 4d 10 4f 7 shell and a ferromagnetic<br />
moment of 7µ B , or exist as trivalent Eu 3+ occupying a 4d 10 4f 6 level, which is chemically<br />
One may want to compare this oxygen paramater with the synthesis of stoichiometric EuO on cubic oxides<br />
in Ch. 4.1 on p. 60.<br />
† as depicted in Fig. 2.4 on p. 10.