Fermi level tuning and band alignment in Mn doped InAs/GaSb

Abstract

InAs/GaSb hosts a broken gap band alignment that has been shown to generate helical topological edge states. Upon the introduction of Mn into the structure, it has been predicted to host a quantized anomalous Hall effect. Here, we show that dilute Mn doping on InAs in InAs/GaSb, allows a tuning of the Fermi level, the introduction of paramagnetism, but also has a non-trivial impact on the band alignment of the system. The measurement of Shubnikov-de-Haas oscillations, cyclotron resonance, and a non-linear Hall effect in Mn-doped samples indicate the coexistence of a high mobility two-dimensional electron gas and a hole gas. Conversely, in undoped InAs/GaSb, pure-n-type transport is observed. We hypothesize that Mn acceptor levels can pin the Fermi energy near the valence band edge of InAs, far from the interface, which introduces a strong band bending to preserve the band offset at the InAs/GaSb interface. The realization of the QAHE in this structure will thus require a careful control of the band alignment to preserve topological insulating character.

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