Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.463, 86-89, 2017
Growth and magnetic properties of MnAs/InAs hybrid structure on GaAs(111)B
We carried out molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of MnAs/InAs hybrid structure on GaAs(111)B for spin field effect transistor (spin-FET) applications. We observed good alignment of hexagonal MnAs and cubic InAs epitaxial layers with GaAs(111)B by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement. We observed smooth surface morphology of MnAs/InAs by atomic force microscopy (AFM), and also observed maze like magnetic structure by magnetic force microscopy (MFM). We observed easy and hard magnetizations in-plane and out-of-plane directions similar to MnAs/GaAs(1 1 1)B using superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer. We believe that the MnAs/InAs hybrid structure on GaAs(111)B can be a base structure for spin-FETs. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:A3. Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE);B2. MnAs;InAs;GaAs(111)B;A1. X-ray diffraction (XRD);A1. Atomic force microscopy (AFM);A1. Magnetic force microscopy (MFM);A1. Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer