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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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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)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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In: Nano letters (Print). - Washington : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1530-6984 .- 1530-6992. ; 12:9, s. 4838-4842
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)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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- Paschoal Jr., Waldomiro, 1977-, et al.
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Magnetoresistance in Mn ion-implanted GaAs:Zn nanowires
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In: Applied Physics Letters. - New York : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 104:15
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We have investigated the magnetoresistance (MR) in a series of Zn doped (p-type) GaAs nanowires implanted with different Mn concentrations. The nanowires with the lowest Mn concentration (~0.0001%) exhibit a low resistance of a few kΩ at 300K and a 4% positive MR at 1.6K, which can be well described by invoking a spin-split subband model. In contrast, nanowires with the highest Mn concentration (4%) display a large resistance of several MΩ at 300K and a large negative MR of 85% at 1.6K. The large negative MR is interpreted in terms of spin-dependent hopping in a complex magnetic nanowire landscape of magnetic polarons, separated by intermediate regions of Mn impurity spins. Sweeping the magnetic field back and forth for the 4% sample reveals a hysteresis that indicates the presence of a weak ferromagnetic phase. We propose co-doping with Zn to be a promising way to reach the goal of realizing ferromagnetic Ga1-xMnxAs nanowires for future nanospintronics. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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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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In: Journal of Nanotechnology. - New York : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 1687-9503 .- 1687-9511. ; 2012
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)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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