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▼ [12p-A501-2] Epitaxial growth and characterizations of quaternary alloy ferromagnetic semiconductor (In,Ga,Fe)Sb
キーワード:ferromagnetic semiconductor, room temperature ferromagnetism
We present a new type of Fe-doped quaternary alloy FMS, (In1-x-y,Gax,Fey)Sb, with room-temperature ferromagnetism grown by low-temperature molecular-beam epitaxy (LT-MBE). An X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum suggests that the (In0.74,Ga0.1,Fe0.16)Sb layer maintains the zinc-blende crystal structure without any other second phases. The lattice constant of (In0.74,Ga0.1,Fe0.16)Sb follows the Vegard’s law, suggesting that In and Ga atoms reside in the group-III sites. Normalized magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra measured at 5 K with a magnetic field of 1 T, 0.5 T and 0.2 T applied perpendicularly to the film plane overlap on a single spectrum in the whole photon-energy range from 1.5 eV to 4.5 eV, indicating intrinsic and homogeneous ferromagnetism in the (In0.74,Ga0.1,Fe0.16)Sb film. Curie temperature (TC) of the (In0.74,Ga0.1,Fe0.16)Sb film reaches 320 K. This high TC and good crystal quality are promising for realizing more materials functionalities and device applications.