Awaking of ferromagnetism in GaMnN through control of Mn valence

Details Awaking of ferromagnetism in GaMnN through control of Mn valence Awaking of ferromagnetism in GaMnN through control of Mn valence

2006-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608653v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

12 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Room temperature ferromagnetism of GaMnN thin films is awaked by a mild hydrogenation treatment of samples synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy. Local environment of Mn atoms is monitored by Mn-L2,3 near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) technique. Doped Mn ions are present at substitutional sites of Ga both before and after the hydrogenation. No secondary phase can be detected. Major valency of Mn changes from +3 to +2 by the hydrogenation. The present result supports the model that the ferromagnetism occurs when Mn2+ and Mn3+ are coexistent and holes in the mid- gap Mn band mediate the magnetic coupling.

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