X-ray photoelectron study of Sn1−xMnxTe semimagnetic semiconductors |
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Authors: | R.J. Iwanowski M.H. Heinonen R. Minikaev B. Witkowska |
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Affiliation: | a Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland b Laboratory of Materials Science, Department of Physics, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland |
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Abstract: | X-ray photoelectron (XPS) studies of core-levels in Sn1−xMnxTe (x < 0.1) semimagnetic semiconductors have been performed. The spectra were acquired under UHV conditions from the clean (as-cleaved or in-situ scraped) crystal surface. The single-phase NaCl structure of the alloys studied was verified by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The structure of Sn 3d and Te 3d core-levels in SnMnTe was found fully consistent with that of SnTe. Remarkable qualitative similarity of the Mn 2p spectrum of Sn1−xMnxTe (x = 0.09) with the case of zinc-blende MnTe [R.J. Iwanowski, M.H. Heinonen, E. Janik, Chem. Phys. Lett. 387 (2004) 110] has been shown: (1) the same binding energies (BEs) of the main contributions to the Mn 2p3/2 line, related to Mn2+ state of the bulk Mn Te bond; (2) occurrence of low BE component in the Mn 2p spectrum, indicative of clean-surface species containing reduced-valence Mn ions (i.e. Mnq+, where 0 < q < 2); (3) strong satellites of the 2p3/2 (Mn2+ related) parent lines. In SnMnTe, the highest intensity ratio of the satellite to main peak (ever reported for Mn 2p photoelectron spectrum) was revealed; this was interpreted in terms of the so-called charge-transfer model. |
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Keywords: | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Single crystal surface Tin manganese telluride Manganese valency Diluted magnetic semiconductors |
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