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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
XAFS spectra at the Mn K-edge were obtained for films of In1-xMnxAs (0.0014 ≤x ≤ 0.12) grown by MBE method at two different substrate temperatures Ts, = 200–210 °C and Ts, = 280–300 ° C. It has been found that Mn-As complexes which consist of a central Mn atom surrounded by six neighboring As most likely arranged in the form of a distorted trigonal antiprism with one or two additional Mn atoms placed on the long axis of the antiprism, can substitute for the In-As tetrahedron in the undistorted zincblende structure. For a composition of x = 0.12 we have found the formation of MnAs clusters with NiAs-like structure in the high-growth-temperature samples. We thus conclude that the magnetic properties of the In1-xMnx As semiconductors are mainly determined by the formation and local structure ol'the Mn-As complexes.