High sensitivity and multifunctional micro-Hall sensors fabricated using InAlSb/InAsSb/InAlSb heterostructures

Bando, M. and Ohashi, T. and Dede, M. and Akram, R. and Oral, Ahmet and Park, S. Y. and Shibasaki, I. and Handa, H. and Sandhu, A. (2009) High sensitivity and multifunctional micro-Hall sensors fabricated using InAlSb/InAsSb/InAlSb heterostructures. Journal of Applied Physics, 105 (7). ISSN 0021-8979

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Abstract

Further diversification of Hall sensor technology requires development of materials with high electron mobility and an ultrathin conducting layer very close to the material's surface. Here, we describe the magnetoresistive properties of micro-Hall devices fabricated using InAlSb/InAsSb/InAlSb heterostructures where electrical conduction was confined to a 30 nm-InAsSb two-dimensional electron gas layer. The 300 K electron mobility and sheet carrier concentration were 36 500 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) and 2.5 x 10(11) cm(-2), respectively. The maximum current-related sensitivity was 2 750 V A(-1) T-1, which was about an order of magnitude greater than AlGaAs/InGaAs pseudomorphic heterostructures devices. Photolithography was used to fabricate 1 mu m x 1 mu m Hall probes, which were installed into a scanning Hall probe microscope and used to image the surface of a hard disk.
Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC176-176.9 Solids. Solid state physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Basic Sciences > Physics
Depositing User: Ahmet Oral
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2009 10:48
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2019 10:24
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/11984

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