Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Mn acceptor levels in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As

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Abstract

We have used a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to perform studies of GaMnAs/GaAs heterostructures with various Mn dopant concentrations. The STM topography of the GaMnAs showed a variety of electronic structure modulations on the order of a few nm indicating the presence of a high level of disorder and compensation. These measurements show no indication of Mn clustering as the Mn concentration is increased. On both sides of the Metal-Insulator Transition (MIT), the differential conductance (dI/dV) measurements on Mn dopants showed a broad acceptor level above 100meV from the valence band edge. Furthermore, we have mapped in energy the spatial variations of these deep acceptor levels, and their distribution will be presented for all Mn concentrations studied. The effect of disorder and coulomb correlations in modifying the local density of states close to Fermi level will be discussed for insulating as well as metallic samples.

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Authors

  • Pedram Roushan

    Princeton University

  • Anthony Richardella

    Princeton University, Princeton University / UIUC

  • Shawn Mack

    University of California Santa Barbara, UCSB

  • D.D. Awschalom

    University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California Santa Barbara, UCSB, Dept. of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara CA 93106, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA, Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

  • Ali Yazdani

    Princeton University