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Spatial structure of an individual Mn acceptor in GaAs
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Spatial structure of an individual Mn acceptor in GaAs

A. M Yakunin, A. Yu Silov, P. M Koenraad, J. H Wolter, W Van Roy, J De Boeck, J. -M Tang and M. E Flatte
Physical review letters, Vol.92(21), 216806
05/28/2004
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.216806
PMID: 15245308
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https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/5281cb3b-d715-400c-9053-a3a57fadf89cView
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Abstract

The wave function of a hole bound to an individual Mn acceptor in GaAs is spatially mapped by scanning tunneling microscopy at room temperature and an anisotropic, cross-like shape is observed. The spatial structure is compared with that from an envelope-function, effective mass model, and from a tight-binding model. This demonstrates that anisotropy arising from the cubic symmetry of the GaAs crystal produces the cross-like shape for the hole wave-function. Thus the coupling between Mn dopants in GaMnAs mediated by such holes will be highly anisotropic.
Physics - Materials Science

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