Dependence of Magnetic Anisotropies and Critical Temperatures on the Hole Concentration in Ferromagnetic GaMnAs Thin Films

Author

Khazen, Kh. ; von Bardeleben, H.J. ; Cantin, J.L. ; Thevenard, L. ; Largeau, L. ; Mauguin, O. ; Lemaitre, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. des Nanosciences de Paris INSP, Universites Paris 6&7/UMR

Volume

43

Issue

6

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3028

Lastpage

3030

Abstract

The magnetic anisotropy constants and critical temperatures of a series of epitaxial GaMnAs thin films on GaAs with 7% Mn concentration in which the free hole concentration is progressively modified by hydrogen passivation is investigated by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectroscopy. Ferromagnetism (FM) is lost for fully passivated films. In the FM films with the lowest hole concentration, the easy axis of magnetization is oriented perpendicular to the film plane and switches to in-plane [100] for higher hole concentrations. Temperature-dependent switching is equally observed. The numerical values of the uniaxial and cubic anisotropy constants are determined as a function of temperature and T_c ³

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; ferromagnetic materials; ferromagnetic resonance; gallium arsenide; hole density; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic epitaxial layers; magnetic switching; manganese compounds; passivation; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semimagnetic semiconductors; GaMnAs; critical temperatures; diluted magnetic semiconductors; epitaxial thin films; ferromagnetic resonance; ferromagnetic thin films; hole concentration; hydrogen passivation; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic switching; magnetization; Gallium arsenide; Hydrogen; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic films; Magnetic resonance; Magnetization; Passivation; Spectroscopy; Switches; Temperature dependence; Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs); GaMnAs; ferromagnetic resonance (FMR); magnetic anisotropy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2007.893312

Filename

4202798