Spintronics in metals and semiconductors

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Spintronics in metals and semiconductors
Tomas Jungwirth
University of Nottingham
Bryan Gallagher, Tom Foxon, Richard
Campion, Kevin Edmonds, Andrew
Rushforth, Chris King et al.
Institute of Physics ASCR Alexander Shick,
Karel Výborný, Jan Zemen, Jan Masek, Vít
Novák, Kamil Olejník, et al.
Hitachi Cambridge Jorg Wunderlich, Andrew
Irvine, David Williams, Elisa de Ranieri, Byonguk
Park, Sam Owen, et al.

• Texas AM
• Jairo Sinova, et al.

University of Texas Allan MaDonald, et al.

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Outline 1. Tunneling anisotropic
magnetoresistance in transition metals 2.
Ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As and related
semiconductors 3. Spintronic transistors
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Spintronics Spin-orbit exchange interactions
nucleus rest frame
electron rest frame
Thomas precession
? spin-orbit interaction
DOS
Coulomb repulsion Pauli exclusion principle ?
exchange interaction
? ferromagnetism
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AMR
TMR
1 MR effect
100 MR effect
Exchange int.
Spin-orbit int.
magnetic anisotropy
TAMR
Exchange int.
AFM-FM exchange bias
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TAMR in CoPt structures
ab intio theory Shick, et al, PRB '06, Park,
et al, PRL '08
experiment Park, et al, PRL '08
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TAMR in TM structures
Consider uncommon TM combinations Mn/W ? 100
TAMR Consider both Mn-TM FMs AFMs
Shick, et al, unpublished
spontaneous moment
magnetic susceptibility
spin-orbit coupling
exchange-spring rotation of the AFM Scholl et al.
PRL 04
Proposal for AFM-TAMR first microelectronic
device with active AFM component
Shick, et al, unpublished
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Outline 1. Tunneling anisotropic
magnetoresistance in transition metals 2.
Ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As and related
semiconductors 3. Spintronic transistors
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TM-based ? semiconducting multiferroic
spintronics sensors memories ? transistors
logic
Magnetic materials
spintronic magneto-sensors, memories
Semiconductors
Ferroelectrics/piezoelectrics
transistors, logic, sensitive to doping and
electrical gating
electro-mechanical transducors, large
persistent el. fields
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Ferromagnetic semiconductors
Need true FSs not FM inclusions in SCs
GaAs - standard III-V semiconductor Group-II Mn
- dilute magnetic moments
holes (Ga,Mn)As - ferromagnetic
semiconductor
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GaAsMn extrinsic p-type semiconductor
EF
spin ?
1 Mn
ltlt 1 Mn
gt2 Mn
DOS
Energy
spin ?
onset of ferromagnetism near MIT
As-p-like holes localized on Mn acceptors
valence band As-p-like holes
As-p-like holes
FM due to p-d hybridization (Zener
local-itinerant kinetic-exchange)
Mn-d-like local moments
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(Ga,Mn)As synthesis
high-T growth

• Low-T MBE to avoid precipitation
• High enough T to maintain 2D growth
• need to optimize T stoichiometry
• for each Mn-doping
• Inevitable formation of interstitial Mn-donors
• compensating holes and moments
• ? need to anneal out

optimal-T growth
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Interstitial Mn out-diffusion limited by
surface-oxide
Polyscrystalline 20 shorter bonds
O
GaMnAs-oxide
x-ray photoemission
MnI
GaMnAs
Olejnik et al, 08
10x shorther annealing with etch
Optimizing annealing time temperature
(removing int. Mn keeping MnGa in place) is
essential
Rushforth et al, unpublished
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Tc limit in (Ga,Mn)As remains open
Indiana California (03) .. Ohnos 98
Tc110 K is the fundamental upper limit .. Yu
et al. 03
Nottingham Prague (08) Tc up to 188 K so far
California (08) Tc 150-165 K independent of
xMngt10 contradicting Zener kinetic exchange ...
?
Mack et al. 08
Combinatorial approach to growth with fixed
growth and annealing cond.
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Other (III,Mn)Vs DMSs
Kudrnovsky et al. PRB 07
Delocalized holes long-range coupl.
Weak hybrid.
Mean-field but low TcMF
InSb
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Impurity-band holes short-range coupl.
Strong hybrid.
Large TcMF but low stiffness
GaP
(Al,Ga,In)(As,P) good candidates, GaAs seems
close to the optimal III-V host
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Other DMS candidates
III I II ? Ga Li Zn
GaAs and LiZnAs are twin SC (Ga,Mn)As and
Li(Zn,Mn)As should be twin ferromagnetic SC

• But Mn isovalent in Li(Zn,Mn)As
• no Mn concentration limit and self-compensation
• possibly both p-type and n-type ferromagnetic SC
• (Li / Zn stoichiometry)

Masek et al. PRL 07
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Towards spintronics in (Ga,Mn)As FM transport
Dilute-moment MS ?F d?-?
Dense-moment MS ?Fltlt d?-?
Eu? - chalcogenides
Broad peak near Tc disappeares with annealing
(higher uniformity)???
Critical contribution to resistivity at Tc
magnetic susceptibility
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Critical contribution at Tc to d?/dT like TM FMs
Fe
Fisher Langer 68
Ni
Novak et al., 08
d?/dT cv
?F d?-?
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Tc
Ni
EuCdSe
Tc
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Ferromagnetism strong spin-orbit coupling
As-p-like holes
Strong SO due to the As p-shell (L1) character
of the top of the valence band
Beff
Bex Beff
TAMR discovered in (Ga,Mn)As Gold et al. PRL04
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SO couped carries scattering coherently off
Coulomb polarized-magnetic potential of Mn
AMR in DMSs
MnGa

magnetic. only
gt
gt
sign and magnitude (numerical) consistent with
experiment
max AMR
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Remark Extraordinary MRs quantum coherent
transport phenomena
UCF
dirty metal
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Outline 1. Tunneling anisotropic
magnetoresistance in transition metals 2.
Ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As and related
semiconductors 3. Spintronic transistors
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Gating of the highly doped (Ga,Mn)As p-n
junction FET
p-n junction depletion estimates
25 depletion feasible at low voltages
Olejnik et al., 08
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Increasing ? and decreasing AMR, Tc, coercivity
with depletion
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Persistent variations of magnetic properties with
ferroelectric gates
Stolichnov et al., Nat. Mat.08
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Electro-mechanical gating with piezo-stressors
Strain SO ?
Rushforth et al., 08
Electrically controlled magnetic anisotropies
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(Ga,Mn)As spintronic single-electron transistor
Wunderlich et al. PRL 06
Huge, gatable, and hysteretic MR
Single-electron transistor
Two "gates" electric and magnetic
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AMR nature of the effect
Coulomb blockade AMR
normal AMR
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magnetic
electric
SO-coupling ? ?(M)
control of Coulomb blockade oscillations
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Theory confirms chemical potential anisotropies
in (Ga,Mn)As predicts CBAMR in SO-coupled
room-Tc metal FMs

• CBAMR if change of ??(M) e2/2C?
• In our (Ga,Mn)As meV ( 10 Kelvin)
• In room-T ferromagnet change of ??(M)100K
• Room-T conventional SET
• (e2/2C? gt300K) possible

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Nonvolatile programmable logic
Variant p- or n-type FET-like transistor in one
single nano-sized CBAMR device
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Nonvolatile programmable logic
Variant p- or n-type FET-like transistor in one
single nano-sized CBAMR device
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Physics of SO exchange
Device design
Materials
Chemical potential ? CBAMR
TM FMs, MnAs, MnSb
SET
(III,Mn)V, I(II,Mn)V DMSs
Tunneling DOS ? TAMR
Tunneling device
Mn-based TM FMsAFMs
Group velocity lifetime ? AMR
TM FMs
Resistor