Abstract
Polycrystalline magnetite films were grown by pulsed laser deposition from an α-Fe
2O
3 target at 450
°C. X-ray diffraction analysis showed the presence of a single-phase spinel film with preferred orientation when the deposition was performed at low oxygen pressure. Mössbauer spectroscopy at both room temperature and 120
K was used to identify the hyperfine parameters of the magnetite film deposited on glass at 450
°C and at an oxygen partial pressure of 10
−4
Torr.