Nonlinear optical properties of thin iron films grown on MgO (100) by pulsed laser deposition |
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Affiliation: | 1. KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea;2. Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Thin films of iron were fabricated on MgO (100) substrates using pulsed laser deposition technique. The crystalline property and surface roughness of the films were investigated by X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy, respectively. It was found that the morphology of the Fe film deposited at room temperature was characteristic of continuous metal film. Increasing the deposition temperature caused the smooth Fe film to break up, and nanoscale Fe islands were formed. We performed the z-scan measurements to study the third-order optical nonlinearity of the continuous approximately 9-nm-thick iron film. The results show that the ultrathin iron film exhibits large nonlinear refractive coefficient, n2=7.09×10−5 cm2/kW, and nonlinear absorption coefficient, β=−5.52×10−3 (cm/W), at the wavelength of 532 nm. |
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