Spatial Structure of Mn-Mn Acceptor Pairs in GaAs

A.M. Yakunin; A.Y. Silov; P.M. Koenraad; J.-M. Tang; M.E. Flatté; W. Roy, van; J. De Boeck; J.H. Wolter

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.256402

Spatial Structure of Mn-Mn Acceptor Pairs in GaAs

A.M. Yakunin
, A.Y. Silov
, P.M. Koenraad
, J.-M. Tang
, M.E. Flatté
, W. Roy, van
, J. De Boeck
, J.H. Wolter

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The local density of states of Mn-Mn pairs in GaAs is mapped with cross-sectional scanning tunnelingmicroscopy and compared with theoretical calculations based on envelope-function and tight-bindingmodels. These measurements and calculations show that the crosslike shape of the Mn-acceptor wavefunction in GaAs persists even at very short Mn-Mn spatial separations. The resilience of the Mn-acceptorwave function to high doping levels suggests that ferromagnetism in GaMnAs is strongly influenced byimpurity-band formation. The envelope-function and tight-binding models predict similarly anisotropicoverlaps of the Mn wave functions for Mn-Mn pairs. This anisotropy implies differing Curie temperaturesfor Mn -doped layers grown on differently oriented substrates

Original language	English
Article number	256402
Pages (from-to)	256402-1/4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.256402
Publication status	Published - 2005

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