Electronic properties of Mn acceptors in (In,Mn)As grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy

S. J. May, A. J. Blattner, B. W. Wessels*

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Abstract

In this study, the nature of the Mn electronic level in (In,Mn)As was investigated. (In,Mn)As thin films were epitaxially deposited on GaAs (0 0 1) substrates using metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. Electronic transport properties were determined from Hall effect measurements over a temperature range of 78-300 K and all films were found to be p-type. Mn was found to act as a shallow acceptor with an activation energy ranging from 22 to 16 meV as the hole concentration increased from 8.5×1017 to 1.7×10 18cm-3. In heavily doped films, a large percentage of Mn is found to be electronically inactive and the hole concentrations are up to a factor of 103 times smaller than the Mn concentration.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)870-873
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume340-342
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 31 2003
EventProceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Defects in (ICDS-22) - Aarhus, Denmark
Duration: Jul 28 2003Aug 1 2003

Funding

This work is supported by the NSF under the Spin Electronics Program ECS-0224210.

Keywords

  • Ferromagnetic semiconductors
  • Impurity levels
  • Manganese
  • Thin films

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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