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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 and 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), pp. 2163-2165.Date of publication of this fulltext: 01 Feb 2010 13:11
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.12641
Abstract
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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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
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| Volume: | 40 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2163-2165 | ||||
| Date | April 2008 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Werner Wegscheider | ||||
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| Keywords | Ga(Mn)As; Quantum well; Heterostructures; Spin dephasing; Spin injection | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Unknown | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Unknown | ||||
| Item ID | 12641 |
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