Metal-insulator transition by isovalent anion substitution in Ga1-xMnxAs: Implications to ferromagnetism

Details Metal-insulator transition by isovalent anion substitution in Ga1-xMnxAs: Implications to ferromagnetism Metal-insulator transition by isovalent anion substitution in Ga1-xMnxAs: Implications to ferromagnetism

2008-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/0807.3722v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 087203 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

16 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.087203

We have investigated the effect of partial isovalent anion substitution in Ga1-xMnxAs on electrical transport and ferromagnetism. Substitution of only 2.4% of As by P induces a metal-insulator transition at a constant Mn doping of x=0.046 while the replacement of 0.4 % As with N results in the crossover from metal to insulator for x=0.037. This remarkable behavior is consistent with a scenario in which holes located within an impurity band are scattered by alloy disorder in the anion sublattice. The shorter mean free path of holes, which mediate ferromagnetism, reduces the Curie temperature TC from 113 K to 60 K (100 K to 65 K) upon the introduction of 3.1 % P (1% N) into the As sublattice.

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