Soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of valence and spin states in FeT2O4 (T = V, Cr) spinel oxides

Electronic structures of spinel oxides FeT2O4 (T = V, Cr) have been investigated by employing soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). XAS reveals that Cr and V ions are trivalent, and that Fe ions are nearly divalent in FeT2O4 (T = V, Cr). Finite XMCD signals are observed in FeV2O4 at T = 80 K, while they are very weak in FeCr2O4. XMCD shows that Fe spins are antiparallel to V and Cr spins, with the V and Cr spins being canted from Fe spins, which suggests a Yafet-Kittel type triangular spin configuration in FeT2O4 (T = V, Cr).

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