Article
Ellipsometric and Kerr-effect studies of Pt3−X (X=Mn,Co)
Physical Review B
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
7-1-1998
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.58.351
Abstract
The conductivity tensor of polycrystalline Pt3X (X=Mn,Co) was determined between 1.6 and 5.2 eV. Samples were arc melted, mechanically polished, and annealed at 500°C for 1 h in Ar. The complex dielectric function was measured from 1.3 to 5.2 eV at room temperature with a rotating analyzer ellipsometer. The magneto-optic Kerr effect was studied between 10 and 293 K in magnetic fields up to 3 T. We used the tight-binding linear-muffin-tin-orbital method in the local spin-density approximation to determine the band structure, density of states, and optical conductivity. Including an empirical quasiparticle self-energy and a lifetime broadening yields good agreement of experimental and calculated spectra.
Copyright Owner
The American Physical Society
Copyright Date
1998
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
R. J. Lange, S. J. Lee, David W. Lynch, Paul C. Canfield, et al.. "Ellipsometric and Kerr-effect studies of Pt3−X (X=Mn,Co)" Physical Review B Vol. 58 Iss. 1 (1998) p. 351 - 358 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_lynch1/40/
This article is from Physical Review B 58 (1998): 351, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.58.351. Posted with permission.