Abstract
Anomalous magnetic properties of C-axis-oriented Mn-implanted InN thin films on GaN/sapphire substrates are reported. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed Mn-implanted InN films of a high-quality crystal phase with wurtzite structure. All samples show n-type conductivity by Hall measurements. The un-implanted InN/GaN/Al2O3 sample with a carrier concentration of 1.6 × 1021 cm− 3 (n2D = 8 × 1016 cm− 2) exhibits increasing magnetization with decreasing temperature and did not appear superconductive above 1.8 K. After Mn-ion implantation, the appearance of the Meissner effect with superconducting onset temperature near 2.4 K was observed. The superconducting volume fraction χ is near 36% at 2.2 K. Moreover, type-II behavior was further characterized by field-dependent magnetization measurement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 184-188 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Thin Solid Films |
| Volume | 618 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 01 11 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- InN
- Magnetic semiconductor
- Meissner effect
- Mn-implanted
- Superconductivity