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Stefanowicz, Wiktor ; Sliwa, Cezary ; Aleshkevych, Pavlo ; Dietl, Tomasz ; Döppe, Matthias ; Wurstbauer, Ursula ; Wegscheider, Werner ; Weiss, Dieter ; Sawicki, Maciej

Magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial (Ga,Mn)As on (113)A GaAs

Stefanowicz, Wiktor , Sliwa, Cezary, Aleshkevych, Pavlo , Dietl, Tomasz , Döppe, Matthias, Wurstbauer, Ursula , Wegscheider, Werner, Weiss, Dieter und Sawicki, Maciej (2010) Magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial (Ga,Mn)As on (113)A GaAs. Physical Review B (PRB) 81, S. 155203.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 20 Mai 2010 07:21
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.15005


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The temperature dependence of magnetic anisotropy in (113)A (Ga,Mn)As layers grown by molecular-beam epitaxy is studied by means of superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry as well as by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and magnetooptical effects. Experimental results are described considering cubic and two kinds of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. The magnitude of cubic and uniaxial ...

The temperature dependence of magnetic anisotropy in (113)A (Ga,Mn)As layers grown by molecular-beam epitaxy is studied by means of superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry as well as by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and magnetooptical effects. Experimental results are described considering cubic and two kinds of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. The magnitude of cubic and uniaxial anisotropy constants is found to be proportional to the fourth and second power of saturation magnetization, respectively. Similarly to the case of (001) samples, the spin reorientation transition from uniaxial anisotropy with the easy axis along the [(1) over bar 10] direction at high temperatures to the biaxial < 100 > anisotropy at low temperatures is observed around 25 K. The determined values of the anisotropy constants have been confirmed by FMR studies. As evidenced by investigations of the polar magnetooptical Kerr effect, the particular combination of magnetic anisotropies allows the out-of-plane component of magnetization to be reversed by an in-plane magnetic field. Theoretical calculations within the p-d Zener model explain the magnitude of the out-of-plane uniaxial anisotropy constant caused by epitaxial strain but do not explain satisfactorily the cubic anisotropy constant. At the same time the findings point to the presence of an additional uniaxial anisotropy of unknown origin. Similarly to the case of (001) films, this additional anisotropy can be explained by assuming the existence of a shear strain. However, in contrast to the (001) samples, this additional strain has an out of the (001) plane character.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysical Review B (PRB)
Verlag:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Ort der Veröffentlichung:COLLEGE PK
Band:81
Seitenbereich:S. 155203
Datum13 März 2010
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik > Entpflichtete oder im Ruhestand befindliche Professoren > Arbeitsgruppe Werner Wegscheider
Physik > Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Weiss > Arbeitsgruppe Dieter Weiss
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WertTyp
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155203DOI
Klassifikation
NotationArt
75.50.Pp, 75.30.GwPACS
Stichwörter / KeywordsFERROMAGNETIC-RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTORS; GA1-XMNXAS;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-150052
Dokumenten-ID15005

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