2008 IGERT Project Meeting

Abstract

Abstract Title:
Investigation of Manganese Doped Gallium Selenide as a Possible Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor

Graduate Student Presenter: Tracy Lovejoy, University of Washington-Physics;
Name of the Author(s) and Affiliation(s): Claire Lu, UW-Materials Science and Engineering; Fumio S. Ohuchi, UW-MSE; Marjorie A. Olmstead, UW-Physics

Initial experiments exploring (MnSe)(Ga2Se3) alloy formation suggest low concentrations of Mn incorporate into the lattice, but modify the Ga2Se3 growth morphology, showing the importance of local stoichiometry on structure. The local environment of the Mn has been investigated using x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and photoemission spectroscopy (PES), and the growth morphology has been examined with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).

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