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Growth and characterization of transition-metal and rare-earth doped III-nitride semiconductors for spintronics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

H. Asahi ,
S. Hasegawa ,
Y.K. Zhou  and
S. Emura
H. Asahi
Affiliation:
ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
S. Hasegawa
Affiliation:
ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
Y.K. Zhou
Affiliation:
ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
S. Emura
Affiliation:
ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Abstract

Transition metal (Cr) and rare-earth (Dd, Dy) doped III-nitride semiconductor bulk layers and superlattice (SL) structures are grown on sapphire (0001) substrates and GaN (0001) templates by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. For the GaGdN/GaN and InGaGdN/GaN SL and Si co-doped samples, enhancement of magnetization and magnetic moment are observed, suggesting the carrier-mediated ferromagnetism. Low temperature growth of GaGdN can increase the Gd concentration and magnetization. Results for the Dy-doped GaN as well as the GaCrN/AlN/GaCrN tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) diodes are also described.

Keywords

III-Vmagnetic propertiesmolecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1290: Symposium I – Magnetism and Correlated Electronic Structure of Nitrides—Rare-Earth and Transition Metals as Constituents and Dopants , 2011 , mrsf10-1290-i06-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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