Observation of superconductivity in highly Cr-doped GaP single crystals

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Gosk, J. B.
Strzelecka, G.
Kowalski, G.
Hruban, A.
Kaminska, M.
Twardowski, A.
Gronkowski, J.
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[1] Univ Warsaw, Inst Expt Phys, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland
[2] Warsaw Univ Technol, Fac Phys, PL-00662 Warsaw, Poland
[3] Inst Elect Mat Technol, PL-01919 Warsaw, Poland
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10.12693/APhysPolA.110.189
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O4 [物理学];
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Studying bulk GaP, highly doped with Cr, and searching for possible ferromagnetic semiconductor in view of spintronic applications, we found superconducting behavior of this material unexpectedly. Magnetization techniques and X-ray diffraction were applied to study these crystals. Magnetization revealed superconducting features up to about 6 K and X-ray studies showed that superconductivity might be related to small size Cr precipitates.
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