Abstract
Co- and Mn-doped ZnO quantum dots (QDs) with ZnO/Zn(OH)(2) core-shell structure were studied using high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), electron spin echo, and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) at low temperature. The shape of the EPR spectrum of cobalt ions was observed to change as a result of Co2+ coupling with optically created shallow donors (SDs). This, along with a shift of SDs line, is a direct demonstration of interaction between the magnetic ion and donor electron in confined system of ZnO QD. ENDOR resonance of the H-1 hydrogen nuclei detected by the EPR signal of Co2+ and Mn2+ evidence the hyperfine coupling between these ions, located in the ZnO core, and the protons outside the quantum dot core in the shell. (C) 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2137-2140 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physica Status Solidi B |
Volume | 250 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2013 |
Funding
This work has been supported by Ministry of Education and Science, Russia under contracts No 8017 and No 8568; the Programs of the Russian Academy of Sciences: "Spin Phenomena in Solid State Nanostructures and Spintronics", "Fundamentals of nanostructure and nanomaterial technologies", and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
Keywords
- Co
- electron nuclear double resonance
- electron paramagnetic resonance
- electron spin echo
- Mn
- shallow donor
- ZnO