Coherent Epitaxial Semiconductor-Ferromagnetic Insulator InAs/EuS Interfaces: Band Alignment and Magnetic Structure
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Hybrid semiconductor-ferromagnetic insulator heterostructures are interesting due to their tunable electronic transport, self-sustained stray field, and local proximitized magnetic exchange. In this work, we present lattice-matched hybrid epitaxy of semiconductor-ferromagnetic insulator InAs/EuS heterostructures and analyze the atomic-scale structure and their electronic and magnetic characteristics. The Fermi level at the InAs/EuS interface is found to be close to the InAs conduction band and in the band gap of EuS, thus preserving the semiconducting properties. Both neutron and X-ray reflectivity measurements show that the overall ferromagnetic component is mainly localized in the EuS thin film with a suppression of the Eu moment in the EuS layer nearest the InAs and magnetic moments outside the detection limits on the pure InAs side. This work presents a step toward realizing defect-free semiconductor-ferromagnetic insulator epitaxial hybrids for spin-lifted quantum and spintronic applications without external magnetic fields.
Original language | English |
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Journal | A C S Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 8780-8787 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1944-8244 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Feb 2020 |
- quantum computing, proximity effects, MBE, hybrid materials, magnetic proximity, exchange field, band alignment, EUS, SUPERCONDUCTOR, DIFFRACTION, BEAMLINE, FIELD, POLARIZATION, PRINCIPLES, SCATTERING, ADRESS, GROWTH
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