Cr-Doped Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowire: An Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor
Abstract
An antiferromagnet offers many important functionalities such as opportunities for electrical control of magnetic domains, immunity from magnetic perturbations, and fast spin dynamics. Introducing some of these intriguing features of an antiferromagnet into a low dimensional semiconductor core–shell nanowire offers an exciting pathway for its usage in antiferromagnetic semiconductor spintronics. Here, using a quantum mechanical approach, we predict that the Cr-doped Ge-core/Si-shell nanowire behaves as an antiferromagnetic semiconductor. In this work, the origin of antiferromagnetic spin alignments between Cr is attributed to the superexchange interaction mediated by the pz orbitals of the Ge atoms that are bonded to Cr. A weak spin–orbit interaction was found in this material, suggesting a longer spin coherence length. The spin-dependent quantum transport calculations in the Cr-doped nanowire junction reveals a switching feature with a high ON/OFF current ratio (~41 times higher for the ON state at a relatively small bias of 0.83 V).
- Authors:
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- Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States). Critical Materials Institute
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1769022
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-10,427
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; antiferromagnetism; semiconductor core−shell nanowire; superexchange; electronic structure; spin−orbit coupling; quantum transport
Citation Formats
Aryal, Sandip, Paudyal, Durga, and Pati, Ranjit. Cr-Doped Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowire: An Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04971.
Aryal, Sandip, Paudyal, Durga, & Pati, Ranjit. Cr-Doped Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowire: An Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04971
Aryal, Sandip, Paudyal, Durga, and Pati, Ranjit. Fri .
"Cr-Doped Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowire: An Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04971. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1769022.
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title = {Cr-Doped Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowire: An Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor},
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abstractNote = {An antiferromagnet offers many important functionalities such as opportunities for electrical control of magnetic domains, immunity from magnetic perturbations, and fast spin dynamics. Introducing some of these intriguing features of an antiferromagnet into a low dimensional semiconductor core–shell nanowire offers an exciting pathway for its usage in antiferromagnetic semiconductor spintronics. Here, using a quantum mechanical approach, we predict that the Cr-doped Ge-core/Si-shell nanowire behaves as an antiferromagnetic semiconductor. In this work, the origin of antiferromagnetic spin alignments between Cr is attributed to the superexchange interaction mediated by the pz orbitals of the Ge atoms that are bonded to Cr. A weak spin–orbit interaction was found in this material, suggesting a longer spin coherence length. The spin-dependent quantum transport calculations in the Cr-doped nanowire junction reveals a switching feature with a high ON/OFF current ratio (~41 times higher for the ON state at a relatively small bias of 0.83 V).},
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