Topological insulators (TIs) are known as promising materials
for
new nanoelectronics and spintronics applications thanks to their unique
physical properties. Among these TIs, bismuth antimony alloys (Bi1–x
Sb
x
)
remain the most interesting because their electronic band structure
can be controlled by changing the stoichiometry, the thickness, or
the temperature. However, integrating these materials on an industrial
substrate remains a challenge. Here, we investigate the growth, structural,
and electrical properties of BiSb materials epitaxially deposited
on industrial GaAs(001) substrates. We report the influence of key
growth parameters such as temperature, antimony composition, thickness,
and growth rate on the crystal quality. We manage to optimize the
growth conditions while keeping the Bi1–x
Sb
x
composition within the TI range.
Despite the large lattice mismatch and different crystalline matrices
between the deposited material and the substrate, we successfully
grow high-quality BiSb(0001) films. For optimized growth conditions,
n-type semiconductor behavior of the BiSb layer is demonstrated at
temperatures above 100 K. The material band gap calculated from our
transport measurements corresponds to that mentioned in the literature.
A change of the carrier type from bulk electrons to surface holes
is observed when decreasing the temperature below 55 K. Hole mobilities
up to 7620 cm2/(V·s) are extracted. This is, to our
knowledge, the first demonstration of TI integrated on an industrial
substrate keeping its protected surface states.
In this work, we report on the material properties of superconducting heavily boron-doped polycrystalline Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) thin layers fabricated by pulsed laser induced recrystallization under experimental conditions compatible with high volume CMOS integration. This approach combines boron implantation and ultra-violet nanosecond laser annealing (UV-NLA) to reach maximum dopant activation by exceeding boron solid solubility in silicon. For our process conditions, material characterizations revealed five laser annealing regimes, including the SOI full-melt, which leads to the formation of superconducting polycrystalline layers. The average critical temperature was found to be around 170 mK, neither influenced by energy density nor the number of laser pulses. In addition, thanks to low temperature measurements coupled with magnetic field variations, we highlighted a type II superconductor behavior due to strong impurity effect. The deducted average effective coherence length of hole pairs in our layers was estimated around 85 nm.
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