Abstract
We analyze the electronic and magnetic properties of the various atomic arrangements of Zn1−xCoxO with x = 10% using K-edge x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra from both measurements and first principle calculations. Significantly, the K-edge spectroscopic features of Co are highly sensitive to the local atomic arrangement, and thus can be used as a powerful tool to investigate structural properties of dilute magnetic semiconductors. We clearly showed that defects such as interstitial Co and O vacancy near to substitutional Co are present in the 10% Co doped ZnO sample. The magnetic ordering of ZnO-based diluted magnetic semiconductors is strongly correlated with the presence of oxygen vacancies. Finally, we elucidated the origin of the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism signals.
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