(Ga,Mn)N : Sn Epilayers

We have prepared (Ga,Mn)N : Sn epilayers on sapphire(0001) substrates by RF-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. We found that codoping with Sn enhances the incorporation of Mn into a GaN host crystal. With increasing the Sn content, the offset ferromagnetic magnetization component tends to disappear and the epilayers become completely paramagnetic. The effective spin number is S 2.5 without Sn, whereas it decreases to S 2.0 when Sn is incorporated. n-type conduction starts to take place when Sn contents exceed beyond the Mn contents.