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High-energy spectroscopic study of the III-V nitride-based diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga1-x Mnx N

  • J. I. Hwang
  • , Y. Ishida
  • , M. Kobayashi
  • , H. Hirata
  • , K. Takubo
  • , T. Mizokawa
  • , A. Fujimori
  • , J. Okamoto
  • , K. Mamiya
  • , Y. Saito
  • , Y. Muramatsu
  • , Holger Ott
  • , A. Tanaka
  • , T. Kondo
  • , H. Munekata
  • University of Tokyo
  • Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Sayo-gun
  • Freie Universität Berlin
  • Department of Quantum Matter
  • Institute of Science Tokyo

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Abstract

We have studied the electronic structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga1-x Mnx N (x=0.0, 0.02, and 0.042) grown on Sn-doped n -type GaN using photoemission and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Mn L -edge x-ray absorption have indicated that the Mn ions are in the tetrahedral crystal field and that their valence is divalent. Upon Mn doping into GaN, new states were found to form within the band gap of GaN, and the Fermi level was shifted downward. Satellite structures in the Mn 2p core level and the Mn 3d partial density of states were analyzed using configuration-interaction calculation on a Mn N4 cluster model. The deduced electronic structure parameters reveal that the p-d exchange coupling in Ga1-x Mnx N is stronger than that in Ga1-x Mnx As.
Original languageEnglish
Article number085216
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume2005
Issue numberVolume 72, Issue 8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2005
Externally publishedYes

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