TY - JOUR
AU - Keqi, A.
AU - Gehlmann, M.
AU - Conti, G.
AU - Nemsak, Slavomir
AU - Rattanachata, A.
AU - Minár, J.
AU - Plucinski, L.
AU - Rault, J. E.
AU - Rueff, J. P.
AU - Scarpulla, M.
AU - Hategan, M.
AU - Pálsson, G. K.
AU - Conlon, C.
AU - Eiteneer, D.
AU - Saw, A. Y.
AU - Gray, A. X.
AU - Kobayashi, K.
AU - Ueda, S.
AU - Dubon, O. D.
AU - Schneider, C. M.
AU - Fadley, C. S.
TI - Electronic structure of the dilute magnetic semiconductor G a 1 − x M n x P from hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and angle-resolved photoemission
JO - Physical review / B
VL - 97
IS - 15
SN - 2469-9950
CY - Woodbury, NY
PB - Inst.
M1 - FZJ-2019-00557
SP - 155149
PY - 2018
AB - We have investigated the electronic structure of the dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) Ga0.98Mn0.02P and compared it to that of an undoped GaP reference sample, using hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HXPS) and hard x-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (HARPES) at energies of about 3 keV. We present experimental data, as well as theoretical calculations, to understand the role of the Mn dopant in the emergence of ferromagnetism in this material. Both core-level spectra and angle-resolved or angle-integrated valence spectra are discussed. In particular, the HARPES experimental data are compared to free-electron final-state model calculations and to more accurate one-step photoemission theory. The experimental results show differences between Ga0.98Mn0.02P and GaP in both angle-resolved and angle-integrated valence spectra. The Ga0.98Mn0.02P bands are broadened due to the presence of Mn impurities that disturb the long-range translational order of the host GaP crystal. Mn-induced changes of the electronic structure are observed over the entire valence band range, including the presence of a distinct impurity band close to the valence-band maximum of the DMS. These experimental results are in good agreement with the one-step photoemission calculations and a prior HARPES study of Ga0.97Mn0.03As and GaAs [Gray et al., Nat. Mater. 11, 957 (2012)], demonstrating the strong similarity between these two materials. The Mn 2p and 3s core-level spectra also reveal an essentially identical state in doping both GaAs and GaP.
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DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155149
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859720
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