Method for generating quantized anomalous hall effect

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9349946-B2
Application number	US-201314055846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A method for generating quantum anomalous Hall effect is provided. A topological insulator quantum well film in 3QL to 5QL is formed on an insulating substrate. The topological insulator quantum well film is doped with a first element and a second element to form the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film. The doping of the first element and the second element respectively introduce hole type charge carriers and electron type charge carriers in the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film, to decrease the carrier density of the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film to be smaller than or equal to 1×10 13 cm −2 . One of the first element and the second element magnetically dopes the topological insulator quantum well film. An electric field is applied to the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film to decrease the carrier density.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating quantum anomalous Hall effect, comprising:
forming a magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film in a range of 3 quintuple layer (QL) thickness to 5 QL thickness on an insulating substrate;
applying an electric field to the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film,
wherein the forming the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film comprises: doping a topological insulator quantum well film with a first element and a second element during the forming of the topological insulator quantum well film to form the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film, the doping of the topological insulator quantum well film with the first element and the second element respectively introducing hole type charge carriers and electron type charge carriers in the topological insulator quantum well film, to decrease the carrier density of the topological insulator quantum well film to be smaller than or equal to 1×10 13 cm −2 , one of the first element and the second element is a magnetic dopant to the topological insulator quantum well film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the insulating substrate has a dielectric constant larger than 5000 at a temperature equal to or smaller than 10 Kelvin, and the electric field is applied only by a back gate structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a material of the insulating substrate is strontium titanate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a material of the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film is represented by a chemical formula of Cr y (Bi x Sb 1-x ) 2-y Te 3 , wherein 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and values of x and y satisfies that an amount of hole type charge carriers introduced by a doping of Cr is substantially equal to an amount of electron type charge carriers introduced by a doping of Bi.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein 0.05<x<0.3, 0<y<0.3, and 1:2<x:y<2:1.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein 2:3≦x:y≦25:22.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film is in 5 QL.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the quantum anomalous Hall effect is achieved, an anomalous quantum resistance of the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film is 25.8 kΩ.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electric field is applied by a liquid top gate structure located on a surface of the magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electric field is applied by a back gate structure.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua
• Chinese Acad Physics Inst

Inventors

• Xue qi-kun
• He Ke
• Ma Xu-Cun
• Chen Xi
• Wang Li-Li
• Wang ya-yu
• Lv Li
• Chang Cui-Zu
• Feng Xiao

Classifications

• H01L43/14 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L43/065

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10N52/101

  Semiconductor Hall-effect devices · CPC title

• H10N52/01 Primary

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title