Chemical Composition of High-T\(_{C} \text{ Ge}_{1 - x}\text{Mn}_{x}\) Nanocolumns Grown on \(\text{Ge}(001)\) Substrates

Le Thi Giang, Nguyen Manh An
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  • Le Thi Giang Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung street, Thanh Hoa city, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Manh An Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung street, Thanh Hoa city, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/24/2/4009

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GeMn diluted magnetic semiconductors, chemical composition, high-T$_{C}$ nanocolumns, thin film

Abstract

By mean of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipped with a reflexion high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) technique, we have chosen an intermediate and appropriate substrate temperature of 130\(\r{}\)C to reproducibly synthetize high-T\(_{C}\) Ge\(_{1 - x}\)Mn\(_{x}\) nanocolumns phase. Laser Pulse Atom Probe Tomography (LP-APT) technique have been used to determine at atomic scale the chemical composition inside nanocolumns and also in the surrounding diluted matrix. The Mn concentration inside nanocolumns is found to be highly inhomogeneous, it is about 20\({\%}\) at the bottom and can increase up to \(\sim 40{\%}\) in the top near the surface region. The Mn concentration in the matrix is about 0.25\({\%}\) at the surface and can reach a highest value of $\sim $1{\%} in regions close to the interface.

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Published

09-07-2014

How to Cite

[1]
L. T. Giang and N. M. An, Chemical Composition of High-T\(_{C} \text{ Ge}_{1 - x}\text{Mn}_{x}\) Nanocolumns Grown on \(\text{Ge}(001)\) Substrates, Comm. Phys. 24 (2014) 163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/24/2/4009.

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Received 13-05-2014
Accepted 03-07-2014
Published 09-07-2014