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2 Jul 2007

Volume 91, Issue 1, Articles (01xxxx)

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Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 013501 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753120 (3 pages)

J. Verd, A. Uranga, G. Abadal, J. Teva, F. Torres, F. Pérez-Murano, J. Fraxedas, J. Esteve, and N. Barniol
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Brilliant and tunable color of carbon-coated thin anodic aluminum oxide films

X. H. Wang, T. Akahane, H. Orikasa, T. Kyotani, and Y. Y. Fu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011908 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754649 (3 pages) | Cited 15 times

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When a thin anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) film on an Al substrate is uniformly coated with carbon by chemical vapor deposition, the saturation of interference color is substantially enhanced and, as a result, the coated AAO film exhibits a brilliant color. Such remarkable saturation enhancement is predominantly due to the carbon deposited on the inner walls of nanochannels of the AAO film, which efficiently screens the reflected light from AAO–Al interface. The brilliant carbon-coated AAO film is useful for weather-resistant decorative purposes and holds promise as an effective broadband optical limiter for nanosecond laser pulse.
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78.66.Nk Insulators
68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology
81.65.-b Surface treatments
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Mg acceptor level in InN epilayers probed by photoluminescence

N. Khan, N. Nepal, A. Sedhain, J. Y. Lin, and H. X. Jiang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012101 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753537 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Mg-doped InN epilayers were grown on sapphire substrates by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Effects of Mg concentration on the photoluminescence (PL) emission properties have been investigated. An emission line at ∼ 0.76 eV, which was absent in undoped InN epilayers and was about 60 meV below the band-to-band emission peak at ∼ 0.82 eV, was observed to be the dominant emission in Mg-doped InN epilayers. The PL spectral peak position and the temperature dependent emission intensity corroborated each other and suggested that the Mg acceptor level in InN is about 60 meV above the valance band maximum.
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71.55.Eq III-V semiconductors
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors
78.66.Fd III-V semiconductors

Optical quenching of NiO/Ni coated ZnO nanowires

Y. H. Park, Y. H. Shin, S. J. Noh, Yongmin Kim, S. S. Lee, C. G. Kim, K. S. An, and C. Y. Park

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012102 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753717 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Low temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements were carried out to investigate optical transition characteristics of ZnO nanowires, Ni nanodot, and NiO coated ZnO nanowires (NWs). PL emission spectra show emission peaks of distinctive bound exciton to neutral donor (D0X) and to acceptor (A0X) transition. The authors found that the optical quenching was drastic with increasing temperature and the activation energies are unusually small. The major PL emission peak for ZnO NW was switched from D0X to A0X for Ni–ZnO nanodot NWs. This is due to the reason that diffused hydrogen atoms into ZnO NWs during thermal annealing played as acceptors.
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78.67.Lt Quantum wires
78.55.Et II-VI semiconductors
61.72.Cc Kinetics of defect formation and annealing
73.21.Hb Quantum wires
71.35.-y Excitons and related phenomena
73.20.Mf Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations)

V/Al/V/Ag Ohmic contacts to n-AlGaN/GaN heterostructures with a thin GaN cap

M. A. Miller and S. E. Mohney

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012103 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753497 (3 pages) | Cited 8 times

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Silver is studied as a replacement for Au in V- and Ti-based Ohmic contacts to GaN-capped n-Al0.27Ga0.73N/GaN heterostructures for high electron mobility transistors. An optimized V/Al/V/Ag contact provided a low contact resistance of 0.27 Ω mm and specific contact resistance of 1.7×10−6 Ω cm2, and was much smoother than analogous Au-bearing metallizations. Transmission electron microscopy reveals a very limited reaction of the annealed metallization and semiconductor, leaving the Al0.27Ga0.73N layer intact. The majority of the Al0.27Ga0.73N interface is contacted by Ag-bearing phases. Silver has a lower work function than Au and facilitates the formation of a low-resistance Ohmic contact.
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73.40.Ns Metal-nonmetal contacts
73.40.Cg Contact resistance, contact potential
73.30.+y Surface double layers, Schottky barriers, and work functions
61.72.Cc Kinetics of defect formation and annealing

Heavy hole doping of epitaxial thin films of a wide gap p-type semiconductor, LaCuOSe, and analysis of the effective mass

Hidenori Hiramatsu, Kazushige Ueda, Hiromichi Ohta, Masahiro Hirano, Maiko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Yanagi, Toshio Kamiya, and Hideo Hosono

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012104 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753546 (3 pages) | Cited 24 times

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The high density hole doping (1.7×1021 cm−3) for a wide gap (Eg = ∼ 2.8 eV) p-type semiconductor was achieved on 40 nm thick Mg-doped LaCuOSe epitaxial films. These films exhibited distinct free carrier absorption, and the effective mass and momentum relaxation time were analyzed. Its small hole mobility [ ∼ 3.5 cm2/(V s)] compared to the electron mobilities of wide gap n-type semiconductors is attributed to a heavy effective mass of 1.6±0.2me. Regardless of the heavy hole doping, a band filling effect was not observed. These results are discussed with a rigid band model and an acceptor band model.
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61.72.up Other materials
71.18.+y Fermi surface: calculations and measurements; effective mass, g factor
68.55.Ln Defects and impurities: doping, implantation, distribution, concentration, etc.
71.20.Nr Semiconductor compounds
61.72.S- Impurities in crystals
72.20.Jv Charge carriers: generation, recombination, lifetime, and trapping

Measurement of pressures in 10−10 Pa range from the damping speed of field emission current

B. Cho, T. Itagaki, T. Ishikawa, and C. Oshima

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012105 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753721 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

Online Publication Date: 3 July 2007

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The damping behavior of field emission (FE) currents was monitored with W(111) tips under pressures down to 5×10−10 Pa. Semilogarithmic damping curves of FE currents were linear for 0.3 L hydrogen exposure in the thoroughly degassed extreme high vacuum (XHV) FE system. The slope of semilogarithmic damping curves was linearly proportional to the operation pressure, suggesting a method of measuring pressure in an XHV range. Electron stimulated desorption was not observed.
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79.70.+q Field emission, ionization, evaporation, and desorption

Effect of intrinsic stress from a nanoscale high-dielectric constant gate oxide on strain in a transistor channel

Hongtao Wang and Shriram Ramanathan

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012106 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753732 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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The author propose using a nanoscale gate dielectric directly as stressor to alter the strain field in a transistor channel. Using experimentally determined intrinsic stress generated from a gate dielectric, they analyze the strain field in a channel by finite element methods simulation. Analysis shows that the gate dielectric induced strain can be as large as 0.2% corresponding to ∼ 25% hole mobility enhancement. The results predict that performance improvement in semiconductor devices can be achieved by choosing proper dielectric film deposition conditions and optimizing geometric dimensions. The approach is compatible with other methods presently utilized for generating local strains as well as high-mobility semiconductor channel layers.
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85.30.Tv Field effect devices

Anisotropic low-temperature piezoresistance in (311)A GaAs two-dimensional holes

B. Habib, J. Shabani, E. P. De Poortere, M. Shayegan, and R. Winkler

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012107 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753735 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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The authors report low-temperature resistance measurements in a modulation-doped, (311)A GaAs two-dimensional hole system as a function of applied in-plane strain. The data reveal a strong but anisotropic piezoresistance whose magnitude depends on the density as well as the direction along which the resistance is measured. At a density of 1.6×1011 cm−2 and for a strain of about 2×10−4 applied along the [01math], e.g., the resistance measured along this direction changes by nearly a factor of 2, while the resistance change in the [math33] direction is less than 10% and has the opposite sign. The accurate energy band calculations indicate a pronounced and anisotropic deformation of the heavy-hole dispersion with strain, qualitatively consistent with the experimental data. The extremely anisotropic magnitude of the piezoresistance, however, lacks a quantitative explanation.
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72.20.Fr Low-field transport and mobility; piezoresistance
72.80.Ey III-V and II-VI semiconductors

High efficiency InGaAs solar cells on Si by InP layer transfer

James M. Zahler, Katsuaki Tanabe, Corinne Ladous, Tom Pinnington, Frederick D. Newman, and Harry A. Atwater

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012108 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753751 (3 pages) | Cited 15 times

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InP/Si substrates were fabricated through wafer bonding and helium-induced exfoliation of InP, and InGaAs solar cells lattice matched to bulk InP were grown on these substrates using metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition. The photovoltaic characteristics of the InGaAs cells fabricated on the wafer-bonded InP/Si substrates were comparable to those synthesized on commercially available epiready InP substrates, thus providing a demonstration of wafer-bonded InP/Si substrates as an alternative to bulk InP substrates for solar cell applications.
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84.60.Jt Photoelectric conversion
81.15.Gh Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced CVD, MOCVD, ALD, etc.)

Low-temperature method for enhancing sputter-deposited HfO2 films with complete oxidization

Chih-Tsung Tsai, Ting-Chang Chang, Po-Tsun Liu, Po-Yu Yang, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, and Fon-Shan Huang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012109 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753762 (3 pages) | Cited 11 times

Online Publication Date: 3 July 2007

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A low-temperature method, supercritical CO2 fluid (SCF) technology, is proposed to improve the dielectric properties of ultrathin hafnium oxide (HfO2) film at 150 °C without significant formation of parasitic oxide at the interface between HfO2 and Si substrate. In this research, the HfO2 films were deposited by dc sputter at room temperature and post-treated by SCF which is mixed with 5 vol % propyl alcohol and 5 vol % H2O. From high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image, the interfacial oxide of SCF-treated HfO2 film is only 5 Å thick. Additionally, the enhancements in the qualities of sputter-deposited HfO2 film after SCF process are exhibited by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurement.
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77.55.-g Dielectric thin films
77.84.Bw Elements, oxides, nitrides, borides, carbides, chalcogenides, etc.
81.15.Cd Deposition by sputtering
68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology
79.60.Dp Adsorbed layers and thin films
81.65.Mq Oxidation

pH sensor using AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors with Sc2O3 in the gate region

B. S. Kang, H. T. Wang, F. Ren, B. P. Gila, C. R. Abernathy, S. J. Pearton, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopal, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, and K. J. Linthicum

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012110 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754637 (3 pages) | Cited 12 times

Online Publication Date: 5 July 2007

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Ungated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) exhibit large changes in current upon exposing the gate region to polar liquids. The polar nature of the electrolyte introduced leds to a change of surface charges, producing a change in surface potential at the semiconductor/liquid interface. The use of Sc2O3 gate dielectric produced superior results to either a native oxide or UV ozone-induced oxide in the gate region. The ungated HEMTs with Sc2O3 in the gate region exhibited a linear change in current between pH 3 and 10 of 37 μA/pH. The HEMT pH sensors show stable operation with a resolution of <0.1 pH over the entire pH range. The results indicate that the HEMTs may have application in monitoring pH solution changes between 7 and 8, the range of interest for testing human blood.
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07.07.Df Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing
85.30.Tv Field effect devices
82.80.Yc Rutherford backscattering (RBS), and other methods of chemical analysis

Enhancement of the room temperature luminescence of InAs quantum dots by GaSb capping

J. M. Ripalda, D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, A. G. Taboada, J. M. García, Y. González, and L. González

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012111 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753716 (3 pages) | Cited 15 times

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The authors have studied the use of antimony for the optimization of the InAs/GaAs(001) self-assembled quantum dot (QD) luminescence characteristics in the 1.3 μm spectral region. The best results have been obtained by capping InAs QDs with 2 ML of GaSb grown on top of a 3 ML GaAs barrier separating the InAs and the GaSb layers. This results in an order of magnitude enhancement of the room temperature luminescence intensity at 1.3 μm emission wavelength.
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78.67.Hc Quantum dots
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors

Negative capacitance in organic semiconductor devices: Bipolar injection and charge recombination mechanism

E. Ehrenfreund, C. Lungenschmied, G. Dennler, H. Neugebauer, and N. S. Sariciftci

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012112 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2752024 (3 pages) | Cited 27 times

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The authors report negative capacitance at low frequencies in organic semiconductor based diodes and show that it appears only under bipolar injection conditions. They account quantitatively for this phenomenon by the recombination current due to electron-hole annihilation. Simple addition of the recombination current to the well established model of space charge limited current in the presence of traps yields excellent fits to the experimentally measured admittance data. The dependence of the extracted characteristic recombination time on the bias voltage is indicative of a recombination process which is mediated by localized traps.
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85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices

Ohmic contacts to n+-GaN capped AlGaN/AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

Liang Wang, Fitih M. Mohammed, Benedict Ofuonye, and Ilesanmi Adesida

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012113 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754371 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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Investigations of Ti/Al/Mo/Au Ohmic contact formation, premetallization plasma treatment effects, and interfacial reactions for n+-GaN capped AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterostructures are presented. Ti thickness played an important role in determining contact performance. Transmission electron microscopy studies confirmed that thick Ti layer was necessary to fully consume the GaN cap and the top of AlGaN to enable a higher tunneling current flow. A direct correlation of plasma treatment conditions with I-V linearity, current level, and contact performance was established. The plasma-affected region is believed to extend over 20 nm into the AlGaN and GaN.
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73.40.Ns Metal-nonmetal contacts
85.30.Tv Field effect devices
68.37.Lp Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
52.77.-j Plasma applications
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Where does the spin reside in ferromagnetic Cu-doped ZnO?

D. J. Keavney, D. B. Buchholz, Q. Ma, and R. P. H. Chang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012501 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2751587 (3 pages) | Cited 29 times

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The authors report a soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism study of the ferromagnetism in pulsed-laser-deposited Cu-doped ZnO thin films, which display robust room-temperature ferromagnetic signatures using bulk magnetization probes. In this work, the authors probe the spin asymmetries in the Cu 3d, O 2p, and Zn 3d states individually. They find a paramagnetic component originating from the Cu 3d, and no magnetic signal in the O or Zn. They find no dichroic signal consistent with ferromagnetism originating from any of these states.
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75.50.Pp Magnetic semiconductors
75.70.Ak Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
78.70.Dm X-ray absorption spectra
78.20.Ls Magneto-optical effects
75.50.Dd Nonmetallic ferromagnetic materials
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects

Anomalous Hall effect in anatase Co:TiO2 ferromagnetic semiconductor

R. Ramaneti, J. C. Lodder, and R. Jansen

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012502 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2751133 (3 pages) | Cited 21 times

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The observation of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in Co-doped TiO2 ferromagnetic semiconductor in the anatase phase is reported. An AHE is observed with magnetic hysteresis consistent with remanence and coercivity obtained from magnetometry data. The anatase films also have reasonable mobility ( ∼ 17 cm2/V s) at room temperature and carrier density of ∼ 5×1018 cm−3. The AHE in such films with relatively low carrier density gives prospects to test whether the ferromagnetism in this oxide semiconductor is carrier mediated using a field effect device configuration.
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75.50.Pp Magnetic semiconductors
72.20.My Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects
73.61.Le Other inorganic semiconductors
75.70.Ak Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
75.50.Dd Nonmetallic ferromagnetic materials
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
72.20.Fr Low-field transport and mobility; piezoresistance

Absence of long-range Ni/Mn ordering in ferromagnetic La2NiMnO6 thin films

M. P. Singh, C. Grygiel, W. C. Sheets, Ph. Boullay, M. Hervieu, W. Prellier, B. Mercey, Ch. Simon, and B. Raveau

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012503 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753715 (3 pages) | Cited 26 times

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Epitaxial La2NiMnO6 thin films have been grown on (001)-orientated SrTiO3 using the pulsed laser deposition technique. The thin film samples are semiconducting and ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature close to 270 K, a coercive field of 920 Oe, and a saturation magnetization of 4.85μB/formula unit. Transmission electron microscopy, conducted at room temperature, reveals a majority phase having an “I-centered” structure with a ≈ c ≈ asubmath and b ≈ 2asub along with minority phase domains having a “P-type” structure (asub being the lattice parameter of the cubic perovskite structure). A discussion on the absence of Ni/Mn long-range ordering, in light of recent literature on the ordered double-perovskite La2NiMnO6 is presented.
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75.70.Ak Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
75.70.Kw Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles and vortices)
75.50.Pp Magnetic semiconductors
75.50.Dd Nonmetallic ferromagnetic materials
75.30.Kz Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)
68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology

Enhanced grain surface effect on magnetic properties of La0.5Gd0.2Sr0.3MnO3 nanoparticles: A comparison with bulk counterpart

P. Dey, T. K. Nath, and A. Banerjee

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012504 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753547 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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Magnetization studies on La0.5Gd0.2Sr0.3MnO3 (LGSMO) nanoparticles ( ∼ 20 nm) reveal superparamagnetic phase associated with this system and thereby contrasting from cluster glass (CG) phase of its bulk counterpart. Doping of Gd on La sites and its antiferromagnetic coupling with Mn lattices are expected to induce random magnetic disorder in the magnetic lattice of LGSMO system. Study reveals that random magnetic disorder, which results in CG phase in an otherwise long range ordered ferromagnetic host matrix of bulk, does not have similar significant effect when the uniformity of the host matrix reduces to nanosize. On the contrary, analysis brings out that magnetic properties of LGSMO nanoparticles are primarily decided by its nanodimension having physical size of ∼ 20 nm, which yield single domain magnetic entities of dimension of ∼ 12 nm surrounded by a magnetic dead layer of ∼ 4 nm.
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75.50.Tt Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials
75.60.Ch Domain walls and domain structure

Oscillatory exchange coupling in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/SrTiO3 superlattices

S. J. Zhu, B. R. Zhao, B. Y. Zhu, B. Xu, L. X. Cao, and X. G. Qiu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012505 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753707 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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The exchange bias effect has been observed in the superlattices consisting of ferromagnetic La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 and nonmagnetic insulating SrTiO3 layers. It is found that the exchange field shows an oscillatory decay with a period of ∼ 12 unit cells and approaches to a constant value of −100 Oe when the SrTiO3 thickness is increased. The tunneling current also displays a nonmonotonic decrease with the SrTiO3 thickness. These observations can be discussed on the basis of the interlayer exchange coupling between La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 layers via the spin-polarized electrons tunneling across the SrTiO3 spacers.
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75.30.Et Exchange and superexchange interactions
75.70.Cn Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures)
73.40.Gk Tunneling
72.25.Mk Spin transport through interfaces

ac susceptibility of a melt-textured YBa2Cu3Ox ring closed by a strong-coupling contact

D.-X. Chen, E. Pardo, and A. Sanchez

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012506 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753736 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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The complex ac susceptibility χ = χ′−jχ″ of a melt-textured YBa2Cu3Ox ring closed by a strong-coupling contact is measured after zero-field cooling to 77 K as a function of the ac field amplitude Hm and frequency f. The resulting χ(Hm,f) is similar to that derived from a power-law relation between the local current density and electric field but with maximum χ″(Hm) increasing steadily with increasing f, which is explained by the creep of Abrikosov-Josephson vortices along the contact driven by the London force of supercurrents and the Lorentz force of the induced normal currents.
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74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors
74.25.Ha Magnetic properties including vortex structures and related phenomena
74.25.Sv Critical currents
74.25.Uv Vortex phases (includes vortex lattices, vortex liquids, and vortex glasses)

In situ scanning tunneling microscopy observations of polycrystalline MgO(001) tunneling barriers grown on amorphous CoFeB electrode

M. Mizuguchi, Y. Suzuki, T. Nagahama, and S. Yuasa

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012507 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754372 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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Topological surface analysis using in situ scanning tunneling microscopy was performed for highly oriented polycrystalline (textured) MgO(001) tunneling barrier layers grown on amorphous CoFeB electrode layers. The microscopy revealed a MgO surface structure in which nanosized grains were dispersed on clusters that originated from the CoFeB underlayer. In situ annealing reduced this surface roughness. Local tunneling spectroscopy measurements revealed the formation of a nearly perfect and uniform tunneling barrier in spite of grain boundaries in the textured MgO(001) layer, which is consistent with the fact that textured CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB and fully epitaxial MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions exhibit comparable spin-dependent tunneling properties.
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68.37.Ef Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)
75.70.Cn Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures)
75.50.Kj Amorphous and quasicrystalline magnetic materials
75.50.Bb Fe and its alloys
68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)
81.40.Gh Other heat and thermomechanical treatments

Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy in field emission mode

A. Kubetzka, M. Bode, and R. Wiesendanger

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012508 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753695 (3 pages) | Cited 7 times

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Image-potential states in front of the Fe(110) surface have been investigated by spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy. For the n = 1 state energetic splittings of up to 25 meV are observed in the spectroscopic data measured above oppositely magnetized surface areas. The technique offers the possibility to access the spin dependence of image-potential states on a local scale. These states can be used as a sensitive probe of surface magnetism, allowing high resolution magnetic imaging at tip-sample distances larger than in normal tunneling experiments, thereby reducing the probability of accidental tip-surface collisions.
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75.70.Rf Surface magnetism
75.50.Bb Fe and its alloys
68.37.Ef Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)

Effect of Pb on the low frequency Raman modes in Bi2−xPbxSr2CaCu2O8+δ and Bi2−xPbxSr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ superconductors

G. V. M. Williams

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012509 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753486 (3 pages)

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Low frequency Raman spectroscopy measurements have been made on Bi2−xPbxSr2CaCu2O8+δ and Bi2−xPbxSr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ high temperature superconductors. The frequency of the ∼ 118 cm−1 peak is found to correlate with the Pb content, and there is no correlation with the hole concentration in the CuO2 planes when it is varied by changing the oxygen content in the BiO layers. Thus, Raman measurements provide a means by which the Pb content can be estimated. When used in conjunction with measurements of the frequency of the O(2)SrA1g Raman mode, it is possible to also estimate the hole concentration in the CuO2 plane.
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74.25.Gz Optical properties
74.25.F- Transport properties
74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors

Giant magnetothermal conductivity in the Ni–Mn–In ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

B. Zhang, X. X. Zhang, S. Y. Yu, J. L. Chen, Z. X. Cao, and G. H. Wu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012510 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753710 (3 pages) | Cited 32 times

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In this letter the authors present the observation of giant magnetothermal conductivity in NiMnIn single crystals. Upon cooling, a martensitic transformation is accompanied by a ferromagnetic metal→ferrimagnetic poor-metal transition. Most strikingly, this transition can be shifted to lower temperature and even totally suppressed by a magnetic field. The magnetic field-induced phase transition leads to a large magnetoresistance and a large magnetothermal conductivity up to 70% and 120%, respectively. The specific heat measurements indicate that the large magnetotransport properties are due to the increasing the density of free electrons, suggesting existence of superzone gap in the low-temperature, ferrimagnetic martensite.
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72.15.Gd Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects
72.15.Eb Electrical and thermal conduction in crystalline metals and alloys
75.30.Kz Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)
64.70.K- Solid-solid transitions
75.40.Cx Static properties (order parameter, static susceptibility, heat capacities, critical exponents, etc.)
81.40.Rs Electrical and magnetic properties related to treatment conditions

Effect of substrate-induced strain on transport and magnetic properties of epitaxial La0.66Sr0.33MnO3 thin films

P. Dey, T. K. Nath, and A. Taraphder

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 012511 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2750399 (3 pages) | Cited 14 times

Online Publication Date: 6 July 2007

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Electrical transport and magnetic properties of epitaxial 500 Å La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) thin films, grown on different substrates having different lattice strains, are found to exhibit strong correlation with Jahn-Teller (JT) strain. The authors’ study reveals that a sufficiently large JT strain gives rise to distinct insulating state in LSMO films even below the respective para-ferromagnetic Curie temperature, which is a contradiction with the established phase diagram of Sr doped manganites. The authors have presented a microscopic model for the analysis of their data instead of the usual expansion around the undistorted state. The model incorporates two relevant eg orbitals and the effect of both JT and bulk strains on the transition temperature via double exchange.
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75.70.Ak Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
68.60.Bs Mechanical and acoustical properties
71.70.Ej Spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman and Stark splitting, Jahn-Teller effect
73.61.-r Electrical properties of specific thin films
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