Magneto-optical Kerr effect studies of Cu2O/nickel heterostructures
Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) is a diamagnetic p-type semiconductor material, considered to be highly attractive for the rapidly emerging field of oxide electronics. In this work Cu2O layers with various thicknesses were produced by atomic layer deposition to form heterostructures with ferromagnetic layers of Ni as model systems for potential spintronic devices. The magnetic properties of the heterostructures were investigated by magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy and magnetometry.
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