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11 Oct 2010

Volume 97, Issue 15, Articles (15xxxx)

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Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 154101 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3479052 (3 pages)

Younggeun Park, Yeonho Choi, Debkishore Mitra, Taewook Kang, and Luke P. Lee
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Electronic transitions and hybrid resonance in InAsSb films by reflectance spectra

H. Y. Deng, Q. W. Wang, J. Y. He, C. H. Sun, S. H. Hu, X. Chen, and N. Dai

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 151910 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501978 (3 pages)

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Electronic properties of InAs1−xSbx films with x up to 0.09 have been investigated by reflectance spectra in 1.5–5 eV energy range at room temperature. The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function were derived by Kramers–Kronig analysis on the reflectance spectra, which show satisfactory agreement with the spectroscopic ellipsometry data. The E1′ and E1′+Δ1′ peaks are attributed to electronic interband transitions at the E1 and E1+Δ1 critical points, respectively. The prominent E2′ peaks, which exhibit high reflectivity and large blueshift, are found to be contributed by hybrid resonance due to the cooperative behavior of both E2-state electrons and plasmons.
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71.20.Nr Semiconductor compounds
78.20.Ci Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
78.66.Fd III-V semiconductors
78.40.Fy Semiconductors
71.45.Gm Exchange, correlation, dielectric and magnetic response functions, plasmons
77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)

Direct observation of Si(111) √7×√7-Co structure and its local electronic structure

Mayu Odagiri, Izumi Mochizuki, Yukichi Shigeta, and Aki Tosaka

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 151911 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499429 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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The structure of Si(111) √7×√7 R19.1°-Co reconstructed surface have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Three proposed sites on the reconstructed surface, the Co atom site, the cap-adatom site and the bridge-adatom site have been all visualized by STM. The electric structure at each adatom site was measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, exactly. The reason why the bridge site can be visualized under the restricted condition is also explained by the local electric state above the Fermi level.
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71.20.Mq Elemental semiconductors
68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)
68.37.Ef Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)

Near bulk semiconductor to metal transition in epitaxial VO2 thin films

Alok Gupta, Jagdish Narayan, and Titas Dutta

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 151912 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3503632 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

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We have been able to achieve semiconductor-to-metal transition (SMT) temperature in VO2 thin films close to the values reported for bulk VO2 single crystals. This was achieved by complete relaxation of misfit strain, which leads to a negligible tension/compression along VO2 [001], upon introduction of NiO buffer layer on c-plane sapphire substrate. In this paper, we discuss the mechanism behind complete relaxation of misfit strain which occurs under the paradigm of domain-matching epitaxy, where integral multiples of planes match across the interface. NiO buffer layers were grown in situ, prior to the VO2 deposition, using pulsed-laser deposition technique. X-ray θ-2θ, φ, and pole figure scans were performed for structural characterization of the VO2/NiO/Al2O3 (0001) heterostructure. All the constituent layers of the heterostructure were found to be epitaxial with orientation relationship: (020)VO2∥(111)NiO∥(0001)Al2O3 and 〈100〉VO2∥〈110〉NiO∥〈10math0〉Al2O3. Parameters related to SMT, such as hysteresis and transition width were extracted from the Gaussian fit of temperature dependence of electrical resistance. These parameters have also been discussed in correlation with the strain along c-axis of VO2, in-plane orientation, and microstructure. A comparison has been made between the VO2 thin films deposited with and without NiO buffer layer on c-sapphire substrates to delineate the importance of strain relaxation in attaining near bulk SMT temperature values.
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81.15.Fg Pulsed laser ablation deposition
73.61.Ng Insulators
72.60.+g Mixed conductivity and conductivity transitions
71.30.+h Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions
68.55.aj Insulators
42.62.-b Laser applications

Enhancement of anisotropic conductivity, elastic, and dielectric constants in a liquid crystal-gold nanorod system

S. Sridevi, S. Krishna Prasad, Geetha G. Nair, Virginia D’Britto, and B. L. V. Prasad

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 151913 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499744 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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We report electrical conductivity (σ), dielectric constant (ε) and the elastic constant measurements in a nematic liquid crystal (LC) doped with small concentrations of gold nanorods. This LC-nanoparticle complex, shows not only orders of magnitude higher σ, but also stabilizes its anisotropy. The ε data suggests an increased ordering in the nematic phase, and an improved antiparallel correlation of the molecules in the isotropic phase. Surprisingly, an anisotropic enhancement of the Frank elasticity is also seen. We suggest a possible electro/magnetomechanical conductivity switch and also provide explanations based on the aspect ratio of the nanoparticles vis-à-vis the LC molecules.
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77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)
77.84.Nh Liquids, emulsions, and suspensions; liquid crystals
61.30.-v Liquid crystals
75.80.+q Magnetomechanical effects, magnetostriction
81.40.Jj Elasticity and anelasticity, stress-strain relations
72.80.Ng Disordered solids

Diluted manganese on the bond-centered site in germanium

S. Decoster, S. Cottenier, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. C. Pereira, C. Lacasta, M. R. Da Silva, and A. Vantomme

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 151914 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501123 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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The functional properties of Mn-doped Ge depend to large extent on the lattice location of the Mn impurities. Here, we present a lattice location study of implanted diluted Mn by means of electron emission channeling. Surprisingly, in addition to the expected substitutional lattice position, a large fraction of the Mn impurities occupies the bond-centered site. Corroborated by ab initio calculations, the bond-centered Mn is related to Mn-vacancy complexes. These unexpected results call for a reassessment of the theoretical studies on the electrical and magnetic behavior of Mn-doped Ge, hereby including the possible role of Mn-vacancy complexes.
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61.72.sh Impurity distribution
61.72.uf Ge and Si
61.72.Yx Interaction between different crystal defects; gettering effect
61.85.+p Channeling phenomena (blocking, energy loss, etc.)
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Defect-free Ge-on-insulator with (100), (110), and (111) orientations by growth-direction-selected rapid-melting growth

Kaoru Toko, Takanori Tanaka, Yasuharu Ohta, Taizoh Sadoh, and Masanobu Miyao

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152101 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3493184 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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Defect-free Ge-on-insulator (GOI) with various crystal orientations is essential to realize high-speed and multifunctional devices. Seeded rapid-melting growth of GOI is investigated as a function of seed-orientations and growth-directions. From (100)-oriented Si seeds, Ge growth with a (100) orientation propagates for all growth-directions, however, rotational-growth is observed for some directions when Si seeds with (110) and (111) orientations are used. Such rotational-growth can be completely suppressed by selecting the growth-directions deviating from 〈111〉 by more than 35°. Transmission-electron-microscopy observation shows no-stacking fault and no-dislocations. Consequently, defect-free GOI with (100), (110), and (111) orientation is achieved, which demonstrates high-hole mobility ( ∼ 1100 cm2/V s).
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81.10.Fq Growth from melts; zone melting and refining
73.40.Qv Metal-insulator-semiconductor structures (including semiconductor-to-insulator)
73.61.Cw Elemental semiconductors
73.50.Dn Low-field transport and mobility; piezoresistance

Overlapping-gate architecture for silicon Hall bar field-effect transistors in the low electron density regime

L. H. Willems van Beveren, K. Y. Tan, N. S. Lai, A. S. Dzurak, and A. R. Hamilton

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152102 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501136 (3 pages)

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We report the fabrication and study of Hall bar field-effect transistors in which an overlapping-gate architecture allows four-terminal measurements of low-density two-dimensional electron systems while maintaining a high density at the Ohmic contacts. Comparison with devices made using a standard single gate show that measurements can be performed at much lower densities and higher channel resistances, despite a reduced peak mobility. We also observe a voltage threshold shift which we attribute to negative oxide charge, injected during electron-beam lithography processing.
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85.30.Tv Field effect devices
85.30.Fg Bulk semiconductor and conductivity oscillation devices (including Hall effect devices, space-charge-limited devices, and Gunn effect devices)
81.05.Cy Elemental semiconductors

Base metal alloys with self-healing native conductive oxides for electrical contact materials

M. Aindow, S. P. Alpay, Y. Liu, J. V. Mantese, and B. S. Senturk

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152103 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499369 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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Base metals for electrical contacts exhibit high bulk conductivities but form low-conductivity native oxide scales in air, leading to unacceptably high contact resistances. Here we show that alloying base metals can lead to higher conductivity native scales by: doping to enhance carrier concentration; inducing mixed oxidation states to give electron/polaron hopping; and/or phase separation for conducting pathways. Data from Cu–La, Fe–V, and Ni–Ru alloys demonstrate the viability of these approaches, yielding contact resistances up to 106 times lower than that for oxidized Cu.
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73.40.Cg Contact resistance, contact potential
73.40.Jn Metal-to-metal contacts
81.65.Mq Oxidation

Thermoelectric properties of bipolar diffusion effect on In4Se3−xTex compounds

Jong-Soo Rhyee, Eunseog Cho, Kyunghan Ahn, Kyu Hyoung Lee, and Sang Mock Lee

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152104 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3493269 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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We present thermoelectric properties and electronic structure of the series compounds of In4Se3−xTex (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 3.0). Even if the Te-doping is an isoelectronic substitution, we found that the electron dominated carrier transport in Se-rich region (x ≤ 0.2) evolves into the electron-hole bipolar transport properties in Te-rich region (x ≥ 2.5) from the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity κ(T), Seebeck coefficient S(T), and Hall coefficient RH(T) measurements. The electronic band structures of In4Se3−xTex (x = 0.0, 2.75, and 3.0) are not changed significantly with respect to Te-substitution concentrations. From the Boltzmann transport calculation, the electron-hole bipolar effect on thermoelectric transport properties in Te-rich region can be understood by lowering the chemical potential to the valence band maximum in the Te-rich compounds.
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72.20.Pa Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects
72.20.My Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects
66.70.-f Nonelectronic thermal conduction and heat-pulse propagation in solids; thermal waves
66.30.-h Diffusion in solids
71.20.Nr Semiconductor compounds
05.60.-k Transport processes

Effects of back interface trap states on the fully depleted strained-silicon-on-insulator capacitorless single transistor dynamic random access memory cells

Min-Soo Kim and Won-Ju Cho

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152105 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3494262 (3 pages)

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A series of systematic experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of silicon back interface state density between silicon channel layer and buried oxide layer on the memory characteristics. The back interface states of fully depleted strained-silicon-on-insulator (FD sSOI) substrate were intentionally generated by controlling the temperature of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process and the amount of back interface trap was evaluated by using the backgated metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor method. As a result, the trap density of back interface increased with RTA temperature, which causes the degradation of FD sSOI single transistor dynamic random access memory.
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84.30.Sk Pulse and digital circuits
81.40.Ef Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization
85.30.Tv Field effect devices

Hydrogen induced passivation of Si interfaces by Al2O3 films and SiO2/Al2O3 stacks

G. Dingemans, W. Beyer, M. C. M. van de Sanden, and W. M. M. Kessels

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152106 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3497014 (3 pages) | Cited 20 times

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The role of hydrogen in Si surface passivation is experimentally identified for Al2O3 (capping) films synthesized by atomic layer deposition. By using stacks of SiO2 and deuterated Al2O3, we demonstrate that hydrogen is transported from Al2O3 to the underlying SiO2 already at relatively low annealing temperatures of 400 °C. This leads to a high level of chemical passivation of the interface. Moreover, the thermal stability of the passivation up to 800 °C was significantly improved by applying a thin Al2O3 capping film on the SiO2. The hydrogen released from the Al2O3 film favorably influences the passivation of Si interface defects.
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81.65.Rv Passivation
71.55.Cn Elemental semiconductors
61.72.Cc Kinetics of defect formation and annealing
68.55.A- Nucleation and growth

Effect of concentration on low-frequency noise of multiwall carbon nanotubes in high-density polyethylene matrix

C. Barone, S. Pagano, and H. C. Neitzert

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152107 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3502485 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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Transport and noise measurements of multiwall carbon nanotubes in high-density polyethylene matrix are reported. In these composites current transport occurs through a random tunnel junctions network, formed by adjacent carbon nanotubes. Low-frequency noise investigations reveal a 1/f behavior induced by resistance fluctuations. An unusual temperature dependence in samples with different nanotube concentration is found. This can be explained by a transition from a fluctuation-induced tunneling mechanism to a thermally activated regime, occurring at increasing nanotube concentration and resulting in a decrease in the overall noise.
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73.40.Gk Tunneling
72.80.Tm Composite materials
72.70.+m Noise processes and phenomena

Carbon impurities and the yellow luminescence in GaN

J. L. Lyons, A. Janotti, and C. G. Van de Walle

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152108 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3492841 (3 pages) | Cited 36 times

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Using hybrid functional calculations we investigate the effects of carbon on the electrical and optical properties of GaN. In contrast to the currently accepted view that C substituting for N (CN) is a shallow acceptor, we find that CN has an ionization energy of 0.90 eV. Our calculated absorption and emission lines also indicate that CN is a likely source for the yellow luminescence that is frequently observed in GaN, solving the longstanding puzzle of the nature of the C-related defect involved in yellow emission. Our results suggest that previous experimental data, analyzed under the assumption that CN acts as a shallow acceptor, should be re-examined.
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71.55.Eq III-V semiconductors
73.61.Ey III-V semiconductors
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors
78.66.Fd III-V semiconductors
61.72.U- Doping and impurity implantation
61.72.Bb Theories and models of crystal defects

Highly tunable hybrid quantum dots with charge detection

C. Rössler, B. Küng, S. Dröscher, T. Choi, T. Ihn, K. Ensslin, and M. Beck

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152109 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501977 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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In order to employ solid state quantum dots as qubits, both a high degree of control over the confinement potential as well as sensitive charge detection are essential. We demonstrate that by combining local anodic oxidation with local Schottky-gates, these criteria are nicely fulfilled in the resulting hybrid device. To this end, a quantum dot with adjacent charge detector is defined. After tuning the quantum dot to contain only a single electron, we are able to observe the charge detector signal of the quantum dot state for a wide range of tunnel couplings.
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73.40.Lq Other semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, p-n junctions, and heterojunctions
73.63.Kv Quantum dots
73.30.+y Surface double layers, Schottky barriers, and work functions
81.65.-b Surface treatments
81.05.Ea III-V semiconductors

Excited states of the free excitons in CuInSe2 single crystals

M. V. Yakushev, F. Luckert, C. Faugeras, A. V. Karotki, A. V. Mudryi, and R. W. Martin

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152110 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3502603 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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High-quality CuInSe2 single crystals were studied using polarization resolved photoluminescence (PL) and magnetophotoluminescence (MPL). The emission lines related to the first (n = 2) excited states for the A and B free excitons were observed in the PL and MPL spectra at 1.0481 meV and 1.0516 meV, respectively. The spectral positions of these lines were used to estimate accurate values for the A and B exciton binding energies (8.5 meV and 8.4 meV, respectively), Bohr radii (7.5 nm), band gaps (EgA = 1.050 eV and EgB = 1.054 eV), and the static dielectric constant (11.3) assuming the hydrogenic model.
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71.35.-y Excitons and related phenomena
71.15.Qe Excited states: methodology
71.15.Nc Total energy and cohesive energy calculations
77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)
78.55.Hx Other solid inorganic materials

Conducting interfaces between band insulating oxides: The LaGaO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure

P. Perna, D. Maccariello, M. Radovic, U. Scotti di Uccio, I. Pallecchi, M. Codda, D. Marré, C. Cantoni, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, S. J. Pennycook, and F. Miletto Granozio

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152111 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3496440 (3 pages) | Cited 14 times

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We show that the growth of the heterostructure LaGaO3/SrTiO3 yields the formation of a highly conductive interface. Our samples were carefully analyzed by high resolution electron microscopy, in order to assess their crystal perfection and to evaluate the abruptness of the interface. Their carrier density and sheet resistance are compared to the case of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 and a superconducting transition is found. The results open the route to widening the field of polar-nonpolar interfaces, pose some phenomenological constrains to their underlying physics and highlight the chance of tailoring their properties for future applications by adopting suitable polar materials.
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73.40.-c Electronic transport in interface structures
73.20.Fz Weak or Anderson localization

Passivated TiN nanocrystals/SiN trapping layer for enhanced erasing in nonvolatile memory

G. Gay, D. Belhachemi, J. P. Colonna, S. Minoret, P. Brianceau, D. Lafond, T. Baron, G. Molas, E. Jalaguier, A. Beaurain, B. Pelissier, V. Vidal, and B. De Salvo

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152112 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3501129 (3 pages) | Cited 7 times

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We present chemical vapor deposition of titanium nitride nanocrystals (ncs) on silicon nitride (SiN). Ncs are passivated in situ by a silicon shell and encapsulated in SiN. High density (3×1012 cm−2), crystalline and isolated ncs are observed by transmission electron microscopy and characterized by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. TiN ncs/SiN are integrated as charge trapping layer in a nonvolatile memory. Devices show large memory window (10 V) and fast erasing compared to devices using pure SiN trapping layer, explained by enhanced electrical field in SiN. Acceptable reliability in terms of cycling and data retention is also demonstrated.
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81.65.Rv Passivation
81.15.Gh Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced CVD, MOCVD, ALD, etc.)
68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology
79.60.-i Photoemission and photoelectron spectra
85.30.Tv Field effect devices

The origin of the resistance change in GeSbTe films

Moon Hyung Jang, Seung Jong Park, Sung Jin Park, Mann-Ho Cho, E. Z. Kurmaev, L. D. Finkelstein, and Gap Soo Chang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152113 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499751 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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Amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 (a-GST) films were deposited by ion beam sputtering deposition. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) data confirmed the existence of the Ge–Ge homopolar bonds in the films. Raman spectra also indicated that the Ge tetrahedral coordination in the a-GST film disappeared after an annealing treatment above 220 °C. Resonantly excited Ge L2,3 x-ray emission spectra (which probe occupied Ge 3d4s-electronic states) show that the phase change from the amorphous to crystalline state is accompanied by a reduction in the Ge I(L2)/I(L3) intensity ratio due to a L2L3N Coster–Kronig transition, indicating that the number of carriers is increased in the Ge 4sp valence state. These findings constitute direct evidence for the contribution of the Ge electronic states to the resistivity change.
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73.61.Jc Amorphous semiconductors; glasses
81.05.Gc Amorphous semiconductors
81.15.Cd Deposition by sputtering
68.55.ag Semiconductors
61.43.Dq Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys
71.23.Cq Amorphous semiconductors, metallic glasses, glasses
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Reduction of low-frequency 1/f noise in Al–AlOx–Al tunnel junctions by thermal annealing

J. K. Julin, P. J. Koppinen, and I. J. Maasilta

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152501 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3500823 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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We report that annealing Al–AlOx–Al tunnel junctions in a vacuum chamber at temperature of 400 °C reduces the characteristic 1/f noise in the junctions, in some cases by an order of magnitude. Both ultrahigh vacuum and high vacuum fabricated samples demonstrated a significant reduction in the 1/f noise level. Temperature dependence of the noise was studied between 4.2 and 340 K, with a linear dependence below 100 K, but a faster increase above. The results are consistent with a model where the density of charge trapping two level-systems within the tunneling barrier is reduced by the annealing process.
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72.70.+m Noise processes and phenomena
81.40.Ef Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization
73.40.Gk Tunneling

Mapping of localized spin-wave excitations by near-field Brillouin light scattering

J. Jersch, V. E. Demidov, H. Fuchs, K. Rott, P. Krzysteczko, J. Münchenberger, G. Reiss, and S. O. Demokritov

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152502 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3502599 (3 pages) | Cited 8 times

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We report on the experimental study of the spatial characteristics of high-frequency spin-wave modes localized at the edges of micrometer-size in-plane magnetized permalloy ellipses. Using a near-field Brillouin light scattering technique, we have mapped the modes with the spatial resolution of few tens of nanometers. We show that the width of the localization area strongly depends on the applied magnetic field and reduces to about 85 nm for high fields. We also demonstrate that the existing theoretical models do not appropriately describe spatial characteristics of the modes.
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75.75.-c Magnetic properties of nanostructures
75.30.Ds Spin waves
75.40.Gb Dynamic properties (dynamic susceptibility, spin waves, spin diffusion, dynamic scaling, etc.)
75.50.Bb Fe and its alloys
75.50.Tt Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials
78.35.+c Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering

Low damping resonant magnetoelectric sensors

Henry Greve, Eric Woltermann, Robert Jahns, Stephan Marauska, Bernhard Wagner, Reinhard Knöchel, Manfred Wuttig, and Eckhard Quandt

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152503 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3497277 (3 pages) | Cited 16 times

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The signal of magnetic sensors based on resonant cantilevers comprised of elastically coupled piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials increases as the damping decreases. Here, we demonstrate that air damping which normally is suppressed by evacuation can also be substantially reduced by lowering the resonance frequency. We show that a Si-cantilever structured to include a seismic mass features a resonant magnetoelectric coupling coefficient of 1.8 kV/cmOe at 330 Hz in air.
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07.07.Df Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing
85.70.Ec Magnetostrictive, magnetoacoustic, and magnetostatic devices
07.55.-w Magnetic instruments and components

Direct communication between magnetic tunnel junctions for nonvolatile logic fan-out architecture

Andrew Lyle, Jonathan Harms, Shruti Patil, Xiaofeng Yao, David J. Lilja, and Jian-Ping Wang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152504 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499427 (3 pages)

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We experimentally demonstrated a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based circuit that allows direct communication between elements without intermediate sensing amplifiers. The input of the circuit consists of three MTJs connected in parallel. The direct communication is realized by connecting the output in series with the input and applying voltage across the series connections. Combining the circuit with complementary metal oxide semiconductor current mirrors allows for fan-out to multiple outputs. The change in resistance at the input resulted in a voltage swing across the output of 150–200 mV for the closest input states which is sufficient to realize all of the Boolean primitives.
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85.75.Ff Reprogrammable magnetic logic
84.30.Sk Pulse and digital circuits
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Strain-driven phase transitions and associated dielectric/piezoelectric anomalies in BiFeO3 thin films

C. W. Huang, Y. H. Chu, Z. H. Chen, Junling Wang, T. Sritharan, Q. He, R. Ramesh, and Lang Chen

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152901 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3499658 (3 pages) | Cited 6 times

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Strain-driven phase transitions and related intrinsic polarization, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties for single-domain films were studied for BiFeO3 using phenomenological Landau–Devonshire theory. A stable and mixed structure between tetragonal and rhombohedral-like (monoclinic) phases is predicted at a compressive misfit strain of um = −0.0382 without an energy barrier. For a tensile misfit strain of um = 0.0272, another phase transition between the monoclinic and orthorhombic phases was predicted with sharply high dielectric and piezoelectric responses.
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77.84.Bw Elements, oxides, nitrides, borides, carbides, chalcogenides, etc.
77.55.hn Other piezoelectric or electrostrictive films
77.65.Ly Strain-induced piezoelectric fields
77.80.bn Strain and interface effects
77.80.Dj Domain structure; hysteresis
77.22.Ej Polarization and depolarization

Phase coexistence near a morphotropic phase boundary in Sm-doped BiFeO3 films

S. B. Emery, C.-J. Cheng, D. Kan, F. J. Rueckert, S. P. Alpay, V. Nagarajan, I. Takeuchi, and B. O. Wells

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152902 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3481065 (3 pages) | Cited 11 times

Online Publication Date: 12 October 2010

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We have investigated heteroepitaxial films of Sm-doped BiFeO3 with a Sm-concentration near a morphotropic phase boundary. Our high-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction, carried out in a temperature range of 25 to 700 °C, reveals substantial phase coexistence as one changes temperature to crossover from a low-temperature PbZrO3-like phase to a high-temperature orthorhombic phase. We also examine changes due to strain for films exhibiting anisotropic misfit between film and substrate. Additionally, thicker films exhibit a substantial volume collapse associated with the structural transition that is suppressed in thinner films.
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68.55.A- Nucleation and growth
81.15.-z Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy
81.30.Hd Constant-composition solid-solid phase transformations: polymorphic, massive, and order-disorder

Sign reversal in the dielectric anisotropy as functions of temperature and frequency in the nematic phase of a bent-core mesogen

Yun Jang, Vitaly P. Panov, C. Keith, C. Tschierske, and J. K. Vij

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 152903 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3498674 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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The sign reversal in the dielectric anisotropy (ϵ∥′−ϵ⊥′) from positive to negative is observed for 4-cyanoresorcinol bisbenzoate system with temperature and frequency in the nematic phase of a bent-core system as the temperature is reduced. This cross-over in dielectric anisotropy is such that at temperatures much below the cross-over temperature, the negative anisotropy is found to be independent of frequency. The experimental observation is supported by results from optical transmittance spectroscopy. This observation is suggested to arise from the following two sources: the presence of cybotactic clusters found by x-ray scattering in the same compound in its nematic phase and conformers that may change the bent core angle at a certain temperature as observed by nuclear magnetic resonance in a similar compound.
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77.84.Nh Liquids, emulsions, and suspensions; liquid crystals
61.30.Gd Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order
64.70.mj Experimental studies of liquid crystal transitions
78.20.Ci Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)
71.45.Gm Exchange, correlation, dielectric and magnetic response functions, plasmons
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