The role of Cr substitution on the ferromagnetic properties of Ga1-xCrxN

Details The role of Cr substitution on the ferromagnetic properties of Ga1-xCrxN The role of Cr substitution on the ferromagnetic properties of Ga1-xCrxN

2004-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410682v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to APL

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1843276

Angular-dependent channeling Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy (c-RBS) has been used to quantify the fraction of Cr atoms on substitutional, interstitial, and random sites in epitaxial Ga1-xCrxN films grown by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy. The morphology of these films and correlation with their magnetic properties has been investigated. Films grown at temperatures below ~ 750oC have up to 90% of Cr occupying substitutional sites. Post-growth annealing at 825oC results in a systematic drop in the fraction of substitutional Cr as well as a fall off in the ferromagnetic signal. The roles of non-substitutional Cr in transferring charge from the Cr t2 band and segregation of substitutional Cr in the loss of magnetism are discussed. Overall, these results provide strong microscopic evidence that Cr-doped III-N systems are dilute magnetic semiconductors.

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