Epitaxial growth of MgB2(0001) thin films on magnesium single-crystals.

The magnetic and structural properties of InAs:Mn self-organized diluted magnetic quantum dots grown by low-temperature (∼270 °C), solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy using a very low InAs growth rate (<0.1 ML/s) are investigated. A Curie temperature (TC) of ∼350 K is measured in a sample grown with a Mn/In flux ratio of 0.15. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy confirms that most of the Mn remains within the InAs quantum dots. We propose as a possible explanation for this high TC the effects of magnetic and structural disorder introduced by a random incorporation and inhomogeneous distribution of Mn atoms amongst the InAs quantum dots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]