Insight into the Temperature Evolution of Electronic Structure and Mechanism of Exchange Interaction in EuS

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Contributors

  • Alexander V. Fedorov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Georg Poelchen - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • S.V. Eremeev - , Inst Strength Phys & Mat Sci, Tomsk (Author)
  • Susanne Schulz - , Central Unit Faculty of Physics, Chair of Ultrafast Solid State Physics and Photonics, Professor (rtd.) for Surface Physics (Author)
  • Alexander Generalov - , Lund University (Author)
  • Craig Polley - , Lund University (Author)
  • Clemens Laubschat - , Professor (rtd.) for Surface Physics (Author)
  • Kristin Kliemt - , Goethe University Frankfurt a.M. (Author)
  • N. Kaya - , Goethe University Frankfurt a.M. (Author)
  • Cornelius Krellner - , Goethe University Frankfurt a.M. (Author)
  • Evgueni V. Chulkov - (Author)
  • Kurt Kummer - , European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Author)
  • Dmitry Yu. Usachov - , St. Petersburg State University (Author)
  • Arthur Ernst - , Johannes Kepler University Linz (Author)
  • Denis V. Vyalikh - , Donostia International Physics Center (Author)

Abstract

Discovered in 1962, the divalent ferromagnetic semiconductor EuS (TC = 16.5 K, Eg = 1.65 eV) has remained constantly relevant to the engineering of novel magnetically active interfaces, heterostructures, and multilayer sequences and to combination with topological materials. Because detailed information on the electronic structure of EuS and, in particular, its evolution across TC is not well-represented in the literature but is essential for the development of new functional systems, the present work aims at filling this gap. Our angle-resolved photoemission measurements complemented with first-principles calculations demonstrate how the electronic structure of EuS evolves across a paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition. Our results emphasize the importance of the strong Eu 4f-S 3p mixing for exchange-magnetic splittings of the sulfur-derived bands as well as coupling between f and d orbitals of neighboring Eu atoms to derive the value of TC accurately. The 4f-3p mixing facilitates the coupling between 4f and 5d orbitals of neighboring Eu atoms, which mainly governs the exchange interaction in EuS.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume12
Issue number8328-8334
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85114597659

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