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Formation and Properties of Nanosize Ferromagnetic MnAs Particles in Low Temperature GaAs by Manganese Implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

P.J. Wellmann ,
J.M. Garcia ,
J.-L. Feng  and
P.M. Petroff
P.J. Wellmann
Affiliation:
Materials Department, University of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
J.M. Garcia
Affiliation:
Materials Department, University of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
J.-L. Feng
Affiliation:
Materials Department, University of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
P.M. Petroff
Affiliation:
Materials Department, University of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
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Abstract

The synthesis of ferromagnetic particles of the size of several nm (10… 100nm) imbedded in semiconductors is of particular interest for device applications such as magnetic sensors, switches or memories based on integrated semiconductor devices. We have investigated the formation as well as the structural and magnetic properties of MnAs nanomagnets (size ≈ 20nm) in low temperature grown GaAs (LT-GaAs). The MnAs nanomagnets which show ferromagnetism at room temperature have been synthesized using ion implantation with Mn and subsequent rapid thermal annealing (RTA). To characterize these nanomagnets, we present SQUID measurements (superconducting quantum interference device), TEM analysis (transmission electron microscopy) and EDX analysis (electron beam induced x-ray fluorescence).

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 475: Symposium M – Magnetic Ultrathin Films, Multilayers, and Surfaces – 1997 , 1997 , 49
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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