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Enhancing the Curie Temperature of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As to 200 K via Nanostructure Engineering

Lin ChenState Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, ChinaYang XiangState Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, ChinaFuhua YangState Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, ChinaJianhua ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, ChinaJennifer MisuracaDepartment of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United StatesPeng XiongDepartment of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United StatesStephan von MolnárDepartment of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States

2011en

ABI

Аннотация

We demonstrate by magneto-transport measurements that a Curie temperature as high as 200 K can be obtained in nanostructures of (Ga,Mn)As. Heavily Mn-doped (Ga,Mn)As films were patterned into nanowires and then subject to low-temperature annealing. Resistance and Hall effect measurements demonstrated a consistent increase of T(C) with decreasing wire width down to about 300 nm. This observation is attributed primarily to the increase of the free surface in the narrower wires, which allows the Mn interstitials to diffuse out at the sidewalls, thus enhancing the efficiency of annealing. These results may provide useful information on optimal structures for (Ga,Mn)As-based nanospintronic devices operational at relatively high temperatures.

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DOI: 10.1021/nl201187m

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