[12p-S302-1~17] 10.4 Semiconductor spintronics, superconductor, multiferroics

▲ [12p-S302-13] Spin dependent transport characteristics in full ferromagnetic (In,Fe)Sb/(Ga,Fe)Sb p-n junctions

〇(P)Tu Thanh Nguyen^1,2, Nam Hai Pham^3,4, Duc Anh Le^1,5,6, Masaaki Tanaka^1,4 (1.EEIS Tokyo Univ., 2.HCMC Edu. Univ., 3.Tokyo Tech. Inst., 4.CSRN Tokyo Univ., 5.IEI Tokyo Univ., 6.PRESTO JST)

Keywords:Ferromagnetic semiconductors, p-n junctions, magnetoresistance

Ferromagnetic p-n junctions consist of n-(In_0.84,Fe_0.16)Sb (20 nm)/ GaSb (t = 0 – 4 nm)/ p-(Ga_0.8,Fe_0.2)Sb (40 nm) heterojunctions grown on p⁺-GaAs substrates by low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy. Magnetic properties investigated by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy indicate that the (In,Fe)Sb/(Ga,Fe)Sb samples have high T_C (170 – 310 K). The typical (I – V) characteristics of the samples with a spacer thickness t = 2 and 4 nm at 3.7 K are non-linear and show the rectifying properties. Large positive MR (58%) was observed at 300 mV at 3.7 K for the sample with a thin spacer (t = 2 nm), which may be due to the spin-splitting in the band structure of (In,Fe)Sb and (Ga,Fe)Sb under magnetic field. A negative MR (–1.3%) caused by the spin valve effect was observed at 50 mV at 3.7 K for the sample with t = 4 nm, which results from the parallel-antiparallel magnetization switching of the (In,Fe)Sb and (Ga,Fe)Sb layers. Our results indicate that the transport properties of the (In,Fe)Sb/(Ga,Fe)Sb heterostructures strongly depend on the spacer thickness, and the (In,Fe)Sb/(Ga,Fe)Sb p-n junctions with large MR (58%) are very promising for spintronics devices