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전이금속의 도핑에 따른 질화물계의 전자구조 및 자기적 특성 변화. S.C. Lee 1 , K.R. Lee 1 , K.H. Lee 1 , W. Temmerman 2 1 Future Technology Research Division, KIST, Korea 2 Band Theory Group, Daresbury Laboratory, UK. Spintronics Devices. Control of Spin and Charge of Electrons Simultaneously.
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전이금속의 도핑에 따른 질화물계의 전자구조 및 자기적 특성 변화 S.C. Lee1, K.R. Lee1, K.H. Lee1, W. Temmerman2 1 Future Technology Research Division, KIST, Korea 2 Band Theory Group, Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Spintronics Devices Control of Spin and Charge of Electrons Simultaneously Magnetic Tunneling Junction Spin Field Effect Transistor • Magnetic RAM • GMR: HDD Read Head • Semiconductor based device • Next Generation of Spintronics D. Awschalom et al, Sci.Am.(2002)
Spin Injection from FM Metal to SC FM Metal PM SC Spin Injection G. Schmidt et al., Phys. Rev. B 62, 4790 (2000)
Possible Solutions • Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS): σsc/σfm ~ 1 • Fielderling et al., Nature 402 787 (1999) • Ohno et al. Nature 402 790 (1999) • Half metallic ferromagnets: β ~ 1 • Tunneling barrier at the FM/SC interaction • Rashiba, Phys. Rev. B 62, 16267 (2000) • Intrinsic Schottky barrier • Zhu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 016601 (2001) • Hanbicki et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1240 (2002) • Spin-dependent interface resistance • Fert and Jaffres, Phys. Rev. B 64, 184420 (2001) • Zwierzycki et al. arXiv:cond-mat/0204422 (2002)
Conditions for Successful DMS • DMS should show ferromagnetism. • Origin of FM should be the diluted transition metal. • Clustering or third phase formation should be avoided. • Curie temperature should be higher than room temperature. • Ferromagnetic behavior should operate at room temperature. • Carrier of semiconductor should be spin polarized. • Spin polarized carrier is essential for application. • Selected material should be compatible to the semiconductor process.
Magnetic Properties of Ga1-xMnxAs • Mn can substitute Ga in GaAs of zinc blende structure. • Tc is correlated with carrier density. • Ferromagnetic semiconductor with ordering temperature ~ 160K Max. Matsukura et. al. PRB (1998)
TM Induced hole Impurity induced polarization in the host (RKKY type) Magnetic Properties of Ga1-xMnxAs Ku et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2302 (2003).
DMSs of High Tc T. Dietl, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 17 (2002) 377
General Overview of GaN • Wide band gap semiconductor: • Direct band gap with Eg=3.5 eV (W), 3.29~3.35 (ZB) • Generally wurtzite, but zinc blend structure is also possible. • Intrinsic n-type semiconductor • Mg has known to be the only one element for p-type doping. • Applications • Short-wavelength LED • High power/high temperature electronics Possibility of High Tc DMS when doped with Mn.
Calculation Method • 64 atoms (2x2x2 supercell) • VASP (Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package) • Planewave pseudopotential • GGA(PW91) exchange-correlation potential • Ecut: 400 eV • Fully relaxed atomic structure • 4x4x4 Monkhorst-Pack k-point mesh • Wurzite and zinc blende GaN structures
Down Spin Up Spin t2g eg Ga0.97Mn0.03N Wurtzite • Fermi level locates at the unpaired and localized Mn t2g orbital with large ΔCR (1.5 eV) • Possibly high magnetic moment (4mB) • Large Exchange Splitting: ΔCR (1.5 eV) < ΔEX (2.1 eV) ΔCR ΔEX GaN:Mn(7-3)
Orbital Degeneracy wrt Crystal Structure Tetrahedral Configuration Octahedral Configuration eg t2g Crystal Field Splitting Crystal Field Splitting,ΔCR eg t2g
Down Spin Up Spin t2g eg Ga0.97Mn0.03N Wurtzite • Fermi level locates at the unpaired and localized Mn t2g orbital with large ΔCR (1.5 eV) • Possibly high magnetic moment (4mB) • Large Exchange Splitting: ΔCR (1.5 eV) < ΔEX (2.1 eV) • No valence band splitting : no carrier polarization : Major problem ΔCR ΔEX GaN:Mn(7-3)
ΔCR ΔEX Ga0.97Mn0.03N Zinc Blende Wurtzite
Comparison of GaMnAs and GaMnN GaMnAs GaMnN • Mn in GaAs polarize the host valence band edge, which results in the formation of spin polarized carrier (hole) in host GaAs.
Up Spin Down Spin t2g eg Ga0.97Ni0.03N Wurtzite GaN:Ni(10-3) • Ni doped GaN exhibits an insulating behavior. • Spin down eg state is fully occupied by electrons. • Relatively larger exchange splitting behavior.
Down Spin Up Spin t2g eg Ga0.97Cu0.03N Wurtzite GaN:Cu(11-3) • Fermi level locates at the unpaired spin down Cu t2g orbital. • Degree of localization is much smaller than that of GaN:Mn. • Exchange splitting is smaller. • Stronger hybridization between Cu 3d – N 2p state
Summary GaMnN GaCuN