Magnetic properties of GaMnAs nanodot arrays fabricated using porous alumina templates

作者:Bennett S P*; Menon L; Heiman D
来源:Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 104(2): 024309.
DOI:10.1063/1.2955450

摘要

Ordered arrays of GaMnAs magnetic semiconductor nanodots have been fabricated using anodic porous alumina templates as etch masks. The magnetic behavior is studied for prepared arrays with 40 nm dot diameter, 15 nm dot thickness, and 80 nm periodicity. The disklike nanodots exhibit an easy axis for fields applied in the radial direction and a hard axis in the smaller direction. In the radial direction superparamagnetism is observed with a blocking temperature of 30 K. The fabrication technique is convenient for preparing nanodot arrays of compound semiconductors that cannot be formed by self-assembly techniques.