Semiconductor nanowires have emerged as versatile components in superconducting hybrid devices for Majorana physics and quantum computing. The transport properties of nanowires can be tuned either by field-effect or doping. We investigated a series of InAs nanowires which conductivity has been modified by n-type doping using tellurium. In addition to electron microscopy studies, the wires were also examined with atomic probe tomography to obtain information about the local incorporation of Te atoms. It was found that the Te atoms mainly accumulate in the core of the nanowire and at the corners of the {110} side facets. The efficiency of n-type doping was also confirmed by transport measurements. As a demonstrator hybrid device, a Josephson junction was fabricated using a nanowire as a weak link. The corresponding measurements showed a clear increase of the critical current with increase of the dopant concentration.
@article{arxiv.2110.09352,
title = {Te-doped selective-area grown InAs nanowires for superconducting hybrid devices},
author = {Pujitha Perla and Anton Faustmann and Sebastian Koelling and Patrick Zellekens and Russell Deacon and H. Aruni Fonseka and Jonas Kölzer and Yuki Sato and Ana M. Sanchez and Oussama Moutanabbir and Koji Ishibashi and Detlev Grützmacher and Mihail Ion Lepsa and Thomas Schäpers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09352},
year = {2021}
}