• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1056-1060
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• 2005

We investigated the fabrication and characteristics of the nitride-based spin-polarized LEDs with room-temperature ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)N layer as a spin injection source. The (Ga,Mn)N thin films having room-temperature ferromagnetic ordering were found to exhibit the negative MR and anomalous Hall resistance up to room temperature, revealing the existence of spin-polarized electrons in (Ga,Mn)N films at room temperature. The electrical characteristics in the spin LEDs did not degraded in spite of the insertion of the (Ga,Mn)N layer into the LED structure. In EL spectra of the spin LEDs, it is confirmed that the devices produce intense EL emission at 7 K as well as room temperature. These results are expected to open up new opportunities to realize room-temperature operating semiconductor spintronic devices.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2003

The room-temperature operating semiconductor GaMnN is known to be improved in its magnetic property when a highly conductive precipitate $Mn_3$GaN exists. Therefore, it is useful to investigate the behavior of the precipitate through heat treatments for further improvement of its magnetic property. Furthermore, neutron irradiation may further influence the behavior of the precipitates, and consequently, their effects on the magnetization. With the heat treatment, $Mn_3$GaN decomposed and a new phase of $Mn_3$Ga has generated. The kinetics was accelerated by neutron irradiation, which might generate defects that can help the decomposition of N and/or the formation of $Mn_3$Ga. The increase and decrease of the magnetization of the heat-treated GaMnN thin films were explained consistently by the behavior of the precipitates.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권S1호
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• pp.56-59
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• 2003

Wurtzite GaN films are grown by low-pressure MOCVD on (0001)-plane sapphire substrates. The GaN films have a total thickness of 4 $\mu$m with a surface Mg-doped p-type layer, which has a thickness of 0.5 $\mu$m. 90k eV $Mn^{+}$ ions are implanted into the GaN films at room temperature with doses ranging from $1 \times10^{15}$ to $1 \times 10^{16}\textrm{cm}^{-2}$. After an annealing step at $770^{\circ}C$ in flowing $N_2$, the structural characteristics of the $Mn^{+}$ implanted GaN films are studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The structural and morphological changes brought about by $Mn^{+}$ implantation and annealing are characterized.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회 및 제6회 신소재 심포지엄
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• pp.80-80
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• 2004

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 디스플레이 광소자 분야
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• pp.150-152
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• 2005

We investigated the fabrication and characteristics of spin-polarized LEDs based on GaN using (Ga,Mn)N as spin injection source. (Ga,Mn)N thin films were found to exhibit the ferromagnetic ordering above room temperature and the negative MR up to room temperature. The electrical characteristics in spin LEDs did not degraded in spite of the insertion of (Ga,Mn)N films. In EL spectra of spin LEDs, it is confirmed that spin LEDs emit the strong light at 7 K as well as room temperature. These results suggest that it is possible to emit spin-polarized light in our spin LEDs.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권S1호
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• pp.104-106
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• 2003

In this study, the electronic structures and physical properties of Ni$_2$MnGa alloy films and their dependence on the order-disorder structural transitions were investigated. The results show that the ordered films behave nearly the same as the bulk $Ni_2$MnGa alloy, including the martensitic transformation at 200 K. Unexpectedly, the disordering in $Ni_2$MnGa alloy films does not lead to any appreciable magnetic ordering down to 4 K. An annealing of the disordered films restores the ordered structure with an almost full recovery of the magnetic and the transport properties of the ordered $Ni_2$MnGa alloy films. A possible explanation of the disappearance of magnetic moment in the disordered film is given by using the ab initio first-principles electronic-structure calculations.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2004년도 동계학술연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.58-58
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• 2004

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2001년도 추계 학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.80-80
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• 2001

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2002년도 동계연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.146-147
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• 2002

III-V magnetic semiconductors initiated by GaMnAs growth at low temperatures via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) has been a hot issue recently for their possible application to spntronics. GaMnN may be one of the candidates for room temperature operating ferromagnetic semiconductors as proposed by a theoretical calculation, However, since GaN was grown at very high temperatures above ∼750$^{\circ}C$ even with MBE, it is expected that the incorporation of Mn into GaN will be limited. (omitted)

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.109-109
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• 2003

III- V ferromagnetic semiconductor has attracted great attention as a potential application for spintronics due to a successful demonstration of spin injection from ferromagnetic GaNnAs into semiconductor. GaMnN may be one of the possible candidates for room temperature operation. Samples were grown on sapphire (0001) substrate at $650^{\circ}C$ via molecular beam epitaxy with a single Precursor of (Et$_2$Ga(N$_3$)NH$_2$$CH_3$) and solid source of Mn at different Mn source temperature. The background pressure is low 10$^{-10}$ Torr and the samples growth pressure was 1.4 $\times$ 10$^{-6}$ Torr.