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n型Mn-Bi2Te3薄膜的铁磁性和自旋相关输运

Ferromagnetism and Spin-dependent Transport in n-type Mn-Bi2Te3 Thin Films

Joon Sue Lee, Anthony Richardella, David W. Rench, Robert D. Fraleigh, Thomas C. Flanagan, Julie A. Borchers, Jing Tao, Nitin Samarth

摘要:

我们描述了一个详细的研究的结构,磁性和磁输运特性的单晶,n型,Mn掺杂的Bi 2 Te 3薄膜生长的分子束外延。随着Mn浓度的增加,晶体结构从低Mn浓度下的Bi 2 Te 3母晶的碲铋矿结构向(Bi 2 Te 3)m(Bi 2)n同系中的BiTe相变化。磁化强度测量结果表明,Mn含量为2%-10%的薄膜在居里温度为13.8 K - 17 K范围内出现铁磁性。磁滞回线表明,磁易轴是沿c轴的晶体(垂直于平面)。极化中子反射率测量的68 nm厚的样品表明,通过膜的磁化是均匀的。铁磁性的存在还表现在强烈的反常霍尔效应和畴壁散射引起的滞后磁阻。普通的霍尔效应测量表明,载流子密度是n型的,随着Mn掺杂而增加,并且足够高(> 2.8 x 10^{13} cm^{-2})以将化学势置于导带中。因此,所观察到的铁磁性可能与体态和表面态都有关。令人惊讶的是,居里温度没有显示出任何明显的载流子密度的依赖性,但确实随着Mn浓度的增加。我们的研究结果表明,在这些Mn掺杂的Bi 2 Te 3薄膜中探测的铁磁性是不介导的导带或杂质带中的载流子。

英文摘要:

We describe a detailed study of the structural, magnetic, and magneto-transport properties of single-crystal, n-type, Mn-doped Bi2Te3 thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. With increasing Mn concentration, the crystal structure changes from the tetradymite structure of the Bi2Te3 parent crystal at low Mn concentrations towards a BiTe phase in the (Bi2Te3)m(Bi2)n homologous series. Magnetization measurements reveal the onset of ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature in the range 13.8 K - 17 K in films with 2 % - 10 % Mn concentration. Magnetization hysteresis loops reveal that the magnetic easy axis is along the c-axis of the crystal (perpendicular to the plane). Polarized neutron reflectivity measurements of a 68 nm-thick sample show that the magnetization is uniform through the film. The presence of ferromagnetism is also manifest in a strong anomalous Hall effect and a hysteretic magnetoresistance arising from domain wall scattering. Ordinary Hall effect measurements show that the carrier density is n-type, increases with Mn doping, and is high enough (> 2.8 x 10^{13} cm^{-2}) to place the chemical potential in the conduction band. Thus, the observed ferromagnetism is likely associated with both bulk and surface states. Surprisingly, the Curie temperature does not show any clear dependence on the carrier density but does increase with Mn concentration. Our results suggest that the ferromagnetism probed in these Mn-doped Bi2Te3 films is not mediated by carriers in the conduction band or in an impurity band.

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