Abstract
The exchange coupling of the ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga 1-xMn xAs was investigated. A low temperature molecular beam epitaxy was used for the growth of the sample on (001) semi-insulating, epi-ready GaAs substrates. A comparison of the blocking temperature of the antiferromagnet (MnO) and the Curie temperature of the ferromagnet was performed. The dependence of the hysteresis loop parameters on the magnitude of the cooling fields was also investigated. From Rutherford backscattering (RBS) measurements, an increase in the channeling minimum yield, and an enhancement of the Ga channeling interface peak by ∼1×10 15 atoms/cm 2 were observed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1556-1558 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 30 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This research has been supported by the DARPA-SPINS program under Grant Nos. N00014-99-1093, -99-1-1005, -00-1-0951, and -01-1-0830, by ONR N00014-99-1-0071 and by NSF DMR 01-01318. We thank J. Bass for useful discussions.
Funders | Funder number |
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DARPA-SPINS | N00014-99-1093, -00-1-0951, -01-1-0830, -99-1-1005 |
National Science Foundation | DMR 01-01318 |
Office of Naval Research | N00014-99-1-0071 |