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Direct observation of doping incorporation pathways in self-catalytic GaMnAs nanowires

Kasama, T. ; Thuvander, M. ; Siusys, A. ; Gontard, L. C. ; Kovacs, A. ; Yazdi, S. ; Duchamp, M. ; Gustafsson, Anders LU orcid ; Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and Sadowski, Janusz LU (2015) In Applied Physics Reviews 118(5).
Abstract
Doping mechanisms of Mn in GaAs nanowires (NWs) that have been grown self-catalytically at 600 degrees C by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are investigated using advanced electron microscopy techniques and atom probe tomography, Mn is found to be incorporated primarily in the form of non-magnetic tetragonal Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals in Ga catalyst droplets at the ends of the NWs, while trace amounts of Mn (22 +/- 4 at. ppm) are also distributed randomly in the NW bodies without forming clusters or precipitates. The nanocrystals are likely to form after switching off the reaction in the MBE chamber, since they are partially embedded in neck regions of the NWs. The Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals and the low Mn concentration in the NW bodies are... (More)
Doping mechanisms of Mn in GaAs nanowires (NWs) that have been grown self-catalytically at 600 degrees C by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are investigated using advanced electron microscopy techniques and atom probe tomography, Mn is found to be incorporated primarily in the form of non-magnetic tetragonal Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals in Ga catalyst droplets at the ends of the NWs, while trace amounts of Mn (22 +/- 4 at. ppm) are also distributed randomly in the NW bodies without forming clusters or precipitates. The nanocrystals are likely to form after switching off the reaction in the MBE chamber, since they are partially embedded in neck regions of the NWs. The Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals and the low Mn concentration in the NW bodies are insufficient to induce a ferromagnetic phase transition, suggesting that it is difficult to have high Mn contents in GaAs even in 1-D NW growth via the vapor-liquid-solid process. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Doping mechanisms of Mn in GaAs nanowires (NWs) that have been grown self-catalytically at 600 degrees C by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are investigated using advanced electron microscopy techniques and atom probe tomography, Mn is found to be incorporated primarily in the form of non-magnetic tetragonal Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals in Ga catalyst droplets at the ends of the NWs, while trace amounts of Mn (22 +/- 4 at. ppm) are also distributed randomly in the NW bodies without forming clusters or precipitates. The nanocrystals are likely to form after switching off the reaction in the MBE chamber, since they are partially embedded in neck regions of the NWs. The Ga0.82Mn0.18 nanocrystals and the low Mn concentration in the NW bodies are insufficient to induce a ferromagnetic phase transition, suggesting that it is difficult to have high Mn contents in GaAs even in 1-D NW growth via the vapor-liquid-solid process. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.}},
  author       = {{Kasama, T. and Thuvander, M. and Siusys, A. and Gontard, L. C. and Kovacs, A. and Yazdi, S. and Duchamp, M. and Gustafsson, Anders and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and Sadowski, Janusz}},
  issn         = {{1931-9401}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Reviews}},
  title        = {{Direct observation of doping incorporation pathways in self-catalytic GaMnAs nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927623}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4927623}},
  volume       = {{118}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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