Effects of post-annealing on crystalline and transport properties of Bi_2Te_3 thin films |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Material Physics and Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;2.Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;3.Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;4.National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China |
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Abstract: | A well-established method is highly desirable for growing topological insulator thin films with low carrier density on a wafer-level scale. Here, we present a simple, scalable method based on magnetron sputtering to obtain high-quality Bi2Te3 films with the carrier density down to 4.0×1013 cm-2. In contrast to the most-used method of high substrate temperature growth, we firstly sputtered Bi2Te3 thin films at room temperature and then applied post-annealing. It enables the growth of highly-oriented Bi2Te3 thin films with larger grain size and smoother interface. The results of electrical transport show that it has a lower carrier density as well as a larger coherent length (~228 nm, 2 K). Our studies pave the way toward large-scale, cost-effective production of Bi2Te3 thin films to be integrated with other materials in wafer-level scale for electronic and spintronic applications. |
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Keywords: | topological insulator magnetron sputtering post annealing Kiessig fringes low carrier density weak antilocalization |
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