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- Gryglas-Borysiewicz, Marta, et al.
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Hydrostatic-pressure-induced changes of magnetic anisotropy in (Ga, Mn) As thin films
- 2017
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In: Journal of Physics. - : Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP). - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 29:11
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The impact of hydrostatic pressure on magnetic anisotropy energies in (Ga, Mn) As thin films with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic easy axes predefined by epitaxial strain was investigated. In both types of sample we observed a clear increase in both in-plane and out-of-plane anisotropy parameters with pressure. The out-of-plane anisotropy constant is well reproduced by the mean-field p-d Zener model; however, the changes in uniaxial anisotropy are much larger than expected in the Mn-Mn dimer scenario.
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- Gryglas-Borysiewicz, Marta, et al.
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Hydrostatic pressure influence on T-C in (Ga,Mn)As
- 2020
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In: Physical Review B. - : American Physical Society. - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 101:5, s. 1-10
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The influence of hydrostatic pressure on the Curie temperature T-C of thin ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As layers is studied. New experimental data unambiguously point to both positive and negative pressure-induced changes of Curie temperature. The positive pressure coefficient is observed for samples with relatively high values of T-C and can be quantitatively described by the p-d Zener model of carrier-mediated ferromagnetism within the six-band k . p formalism and the ab initio approach. First-principles calculations of structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of (Ga,Mn)As show that antiferromagnetic coupling of substitutional Mn atoms with interstitial ones may account for a decrease of T-C under pressure in samples having a substantial concentration of interstitial Mn.
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- Juszynski, Piotr, et al.
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Study of influence of domain structure on observed magnetoresistance anomalies in GaMnAs
- 2013
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In: Applied Physics Reviews. - : AIP Publishing. - 1931-9401. ; 113:9, s. 4-093708
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Magneto-transport properties of a Ga0.93Mn0.07As ferromagnetic semiconductor film with strong epitaxial strain (Ga0.7In0.3As buffer) have been studied. The observed magnetoresistance showed peculiar peaks at the magnetic fields corresponding to magnetization switching probed by Hall voltage. Computer simulations showed that these anomalies could originate from the formation of complex, island-like magnetic domains, and their propagation in the sample.
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- Kwiatkowski, Adam, et al.
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Determining Curie temperature of (Ga,Mn)As samples based on electrical transport measurements: Low Curie temperature case.
- 2016
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In: Applied Physics Letters. - : AIP Publishing. - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 108:24, s. 1-4
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper, we show that the widely accepted method of the determination of Curie temperature (Tc) in (Ga,Mn)As samples, based on the position of the peak in the temperature derivative of the resistivity, completely fails in the case of non-metallic and low-TC unannealed samples. In this case, we propose an alternative method, also based on electric transport measurements, which exploits temperature dependence of the second derivative of the resistivity upon magnetic field.
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- Kwiatkowski, Adam, et al.
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Galvanomagnetic methods of Curie temperature determination in (Ga,Mn)As
- 2018
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In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. - : Elsevier. - 0304-8853 .- 1873-4766. ; 467, s. 120-128
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We critically discuss various experimental methods to determine Curie temperature T-C of (Ga,Mn)As thin layers or other conducing magnetic materials by means of electric charge transport measurements. They all base on the influence of sample magnetization on the magnetoresistivity tensor <(rho)overcap>and are an alternative to the method based upon an analysis of the temperature derivative of the sample resistance (Novak a al., 2008). These methods can be applied even when standard SQUID magnetometers are difficult or impossible to use - for example for extremely small samples or in the case of experiments performed at very specific physical conditions, e.g. at high hydrostatic pressure inside the clamp cell. We show that the use of the so called Arrott plot prepared with the use of high magnetic field isotherms rho(xx)(H-0), rho(x)y(H-0) (H-0 - external magnetic field) may lead to substantial (of the order of 10 K) divergence of the obtained T-c values depending on the assumptions which are necessary to make in this case and depending on the direction of a magnetic anisotropy easy axis. We also propose a number of ways how to obtain, basing on low magnetic field isotherms rho(xx)(H-0), rho(xy)(H-0) clear and characteristic features which are closely related to the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition.
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- Ogorzalek, Zuzanna, et al.
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Charge transport in MBE-grown 2H-MoTe(2)bilayers with enhanced stability provided by an AlO(x)capping layer
- 2020
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In: Nanoscale. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 2040-3364 .- 2040-3372. ; 12:31, s. 16535-16542
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Thin layers of transition metal dichalcogenides have been intensively studied over the last few years due to their novel physical phenomena and potential applications. One of the biggest problems in laboratory handling and moving on to application-ready devices lies in the high sensitivity of their physicochemical properties to ambient conditions. We demonstrate that novel,in situcapping with an ultra-thin, aluminum film efficiently protects thin MoTe(2)layers stabilizing their electronic transport properties after exposure to ambient conditions. The experiments have been performed on bilayers of 2H-MoTe(2)grown by molecular beam epitaxy on large area GaAs(111)B substrates. The crystal structure, surface morphology and thickness of the deposited MoTe(2)layers have been precisely controlledin situwith a reflection high energy electron diffraction system. As evidenced by high resolution transmission electron microscopy, MoTe(2)films exhibit perfect arrangement in the 2H phase and the epitaxial relation to the GaAs(111)B substrates. After the growth, the samples werein situcapped with a thin (3 nm) film of aluminum, which oxidizes after exposure to ambient conditions. This oxide serves as a protective layer to the underlying MoTe2. Resistivity measurements of the MoTe(2)layers with and without the cap, exposed to low vacuum, nitrogen and air, revealed a huge difference in their stability. The significant rise of resistance is observed for the unprotected sample while the resistance of the protected one is constant. Wide range temperature resistivity studies showed that charge transport in MoTe(2)is realized by hopping with an anomalous hopping exponent ofx similar or equal to 0.66, reported also previously for ultra-thin, metallic layers.
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- Sadowski, Janusz, et al.
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Structural Properties of TaAs Weyl Semimetal Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy on GaAs(001) Substrates
- 2022
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In: Crystal Growth & Design. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1528-7483 .- 1528-7505. ; 22:10, s. 6039-6045
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Thin crystalline layers of TaAs Weyl semimetal are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(001) substrates. The (001) planes of the tetragonal TaAs lattice are parallel to the GaAs(001) substrate, but the corresponding in-plane crystallographic directions of the substrate and the layer are rotated by 45 degrees. In spite of a substantial lattice mismatch (about 19%) between the GaAs(001) substrate and TaAs epilayer, no misfit dislocations are observed at the GaAs(001)/TaAs(001) interface. Only stacking fault defects in TaAs are detected by transmission electron microscopy. Thorough X-ray diffraction measurements and analysis of the in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction images indicate that TaAs layers are fully relaxed already at the initial deposition stage. Atomic force microscopy imaging reveals the columnar structure of the layers, with lateral (parallel to the layer's surface) columns about 20 nm wide and 200 nm long. Both X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy measurements indicate that the columns share the same orientation and crystalline structure.
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- Seredynski, Bartlomiej, et al.
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Molecular Beam Epitaxy of a 2D Material Nearly Lattice Matched to a 3D Substrate : NiTe2 on GaAs
- 2021
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In: Crystal Growth & Design. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1528-7483 .- 1528-7505. ; 21:10, s. 5773-5779
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The lattice mismatch between interesting 2D materials and commonly available 3D substrates is one of the obstacles in the epitaxial growth of monolithic 2D/3D heterostructures, but a number of 2D materials have not yet been considered for epitaxy. Here, we present the first molecular beam epitaxy growth of a NiTe2 2D transition-metal dichalcogenide. Importantly, the growth is realized on a nearly lattice-matched GaAs(111)B substrate. Structural properties of the grown layers are investigated by electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, and scanning tunneling microscopy. Surface coverage and atomic-scale order are evidenced by images obtained with atomic force, scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopy. Basic transport properties were measured confirming that the NiTe2 layers are metallic, with a Hall concentration of 10(20) to 10(23) cm(-3), depending on the growth conditions.
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