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Schulz, Robert ; Korn, Tobias ; Stich, Dominik ; Wurstbauer, Ursula ; Schuh, Dieter ; Wegscheider, Werner ; Schüller, Christian

Ultrafast optical studies of diffusion barriers between ferromagnetic Ga(Mn)As layers and non-magnetic quantum wells

Schulz, Robert, Korn, Tobias, Stich, Dominik, Wurstbauer, Ursula, Schuh, Dieter, Wegscheider, Werner und Schüller, Christian (2008) Ultrafast optical studies of diffusion barriers between ferromagnetic Ga(Mn)As layers and non-magnetic quantum wells. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 40 (6), S. 2163-2165.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.12641


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In recent years, ferromagnetic Ga(Mn)As has emerged as a highly interesting material for semiconductor spintronics. One possible application is to use Ga(Mn)As as an injector layer to inject spin-polarized carriers into a non-magnetic semiconductor heterostructure. As Ga(Mn)As layers are typically grown at much lower substrate temperatures than high-mobility GaAs heterostructures, a combination ...

In recent years, ferromagnetic Ga(Mn)As has emerged as a highly interesting material for semiconductor spintronics. One possible application is to use Ga(Mn)As as an injector layer to inject spin-polarized carriers into a non-magnetic semiconductor heterostructure. As Ga(Mn)As layers are typically grown at much lower substrate temperatures than high-mobility GaAs heterostructures, a combination of both requires that the ferromagnetic layer is grown last. We have prepared samples by molecular beam epitaxy which consist of two quantum wells (QWs) of different widths grown at high substrate temperature. The upper QW is separated by a thin barrier (few nm) from a ferromagnetic Ga(Mn)As layer grown at low substrate temperature, while the lower QW is widely separated (more than 100 nm) from the Ga(Mn)As. We observe that the photoluminescence of the upper QW is red-shifted and partially quenched as compared to a control sample without a Ga(Mn)As layer, and time-resolved Faraday rotation measurements reveal that the spin lifetime in the upper QW is up to 50 times longer than the one in the lower QW. We attribute these observations to Mn back-diffusion into the upper QW during sample growth. Both, the PL and the Faraday rotation technique, are highly sensitive to small quantities (below 0.05%) of Mn and allow us to study the effectiveness of different types (e.g., a short-period superlattice) and thicknesses of barrier layers in suppressing Mn diffusion.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Verlag:Elsevier
Band:40
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:6
Seitenbereich:S. 2163-2165
DatumApril 2008
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik > Entpflichtete oder im Ruhestand befindliche Professoren > Arbeitsgruppe Werner Wegscheider
Identifikationsnummer
WertTyp
10.1016/j.physe.2007.10.113DOI
Klassifikation
NotationArt
61.72.Vv; 61.82.Fk; 78.47.+p; 78.55.−m; 78.67.DePACS
Stichwörter / KeywordsGa(Mn)As; Quantum well; Heterostructures; Spin dephasing; Spin injection
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetUnbekannt / Keine Angabe
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenUnbekannt / Keine Angabe
Dokumenten-ID12641

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