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- Borschel, Christian, et al.
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A New Route toward Semiconductor Nanospintronics : Highly Mn-Doped GaAs Nanowires Realized by Ion-Implantation under Dynamic Annealing Conditions
- 2011
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Ingår i: Nano letters (Print). - Washington : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1530-6984 .- 1530-6992. ; 11:9, s. 3935-3940
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on highly Mn-doped GaAs nanowires (NWs) of high crystalline quality fabricated by ion beam implantation, a technique that allows doping concentrations beyond the equilibrium solubility limit. We studied two approaches for the preparation of Mn-doped GaAs NWs: First, ion implantation at room temperature with subsequent annealing resulted in polycrystalline NWs and phase segregation of MnAs and GaAs. The second approach was ion implantation at elevated temperatures. In this case, the single-crystallinity of the GaAs NWs was maintained, and crystalline, highly Mn-doped GaAs NWs were obtained. The electrical resistance of such NWs dropped with increasing temperature (activation energy about 70 meV). Corresponding magnetoresistance measurements showed a decrease at low temperatures, indicating paramagnetism. Our findings suggest possibilities for future applications where dense arrays of GaMnAs nanowires may be used as a new kind of magnetic material system.
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- Kumar, Sandeep, et al.
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Magnetic polarons and large negative magnetoresistance in GaAs nanowires implanted with Mn ions
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nano letters (Print). - Washington, United States : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1530-6984 .- 1530-6992. ; 13:11, s. 5079-5084
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on low-temperature magnetotransport and SQUID measurements on heavily doped Mn-implanted GaAs nanowires. SQUID data recorded at low magnetic fields exhibit clear signs of the onset of a spin-glass phase with a transition temperature of about 16 K. Magnetotransport experiments reveal a corresponding peak in resistance at 16 K and a remarkably large negative magnetoresistance, reaching 40 % at 1.6 K and 8 T. The negative magnetoresistance decreases at elevated temperatures and vanishes at about 100 K. We interpret our transport data in terms of spin-dependent hopping in a complex magnetic nanowire landscape of magnetic polarons forming a paramagnetic/spin-glass phase.
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- Paschoal Jr., Waldomiro, 1977-, et al.
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Electron transport in Mn+ implanted GaAs nanowires
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mn-doped GaAs semiconductors have generated great interest in current research regarding the evolution from a paramagnetic insulator to a ferromagnetic metal governed by a carrier mediated exchange interaction. The interplay between the charge carriers in a semiconductor and the electron spin of incorporated ferromagnetic metals can be utilized for novel spin-sensitive spintronic devices. We have fabricated highly Mn-doped, single-crystalline GaAs nanowires (NWs) by ion implantation at elevated temperatures to facilitate in-situ dynamic annealing. To exploit these nanowires in spintronic applications, a detailed understanding of fundamental charge transport mechanisms is however necessary. It is generally expected that new features, different from any bulk counterparts, will emerge in systems with reduced dimensionality e.g. quasi-1D NWs. Here we report on a detailed study of different charge transport mechanisms and localization-related effects in single Mn-doped GaAs NWs in the temperature range from 300K to 1.6K, and with magnetic fields ranging from 0T to 8T. In general, the resistance of the nanowires increases strongly from a few M* at 300K to several G* at 1.6 K. More specially, the temperature dependence displays several different interesting regimes described by distinctly different models. Furthermore, the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics becomes strongly non-linear as the temperature decreases and shows apparent power-law behavior at low temperatures. In particular, we interpret our transport data in the temperature range from 80K to 275K in terms of a variable range hopping process influenced by Mn-induced disorder in the NWs. Below 50K the magnetotransport data reveals a large negative magnetoresistance (MR) under both paralleland perpendicular magnetic fields. We are presently developing models to explain this large MR signal, including low-temperature transport mechanisms and possible magnetic interaction between Mn ions.
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- Paschoal Jr., Waldomiro, et al.
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Hopping Conduction in Mn Ion-Implanted GaAs Nanowires
- 2012
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Ingår i: Nano letters (Print). - Washington : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1530-6984 .- 1530-6992. ; 12:9, s. 4838-4842
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on temperature-dependent charge transport in heavily doped Mn+-implanted GaAs nanowires. The results clearly demonstrate that the transport is governed by temperature-dependent hopping processes, with a crossover between nearest neighbor hopping and Mott variable range hopping at about 180 K. From detailed analysis, we have extracted characteristic hopping energies and corresponding hopping lengths. At low temperatures, a strongly nonlinear conductivity is observed which reflects a modified hopping process driven by the high electric field at large bias.
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- Wu, Phillip M., et al.
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Thermoelectric Characterization of Electronic Properties of GaMnAs Nanowires
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Nanotechnology. - New York : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 1687-9503 .- 1687-9511. ; 2012
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nanowires with magnetic doping centers are an exciting candidate for the study of spin physics and proof-of-principle spintronics devices. The required heavy doping can be expected to have a significant impact on the nanowires' electron transport properties. Here, we use thermopower and conductance measurements for transport characterization of Ga 0.95Mn 0.05As nanowires over a broad temperature range. We determine the carrier type (holes) and concentration and find a sharp increase of the thermopower below temperatures of 120 K that can be qualitatively described by a hopping conduction model. However, the unusually large thermopower suggests that additional mechanisms must be considered as well. © 2012 Phillip M. Wu et al.
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