The Kondo effect in 2D electron gas of magnetically undoped AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor heterostructures

Abstract

Abstract Unusual observation of the Kondo effect in two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of magnetically undoped AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor heterostructures is reported. The temperature-dependent zero-field resistivity data exhibited an upturn below 120 K, while the standard low-temperature weak-localization behaviour was revealed at T → 0. Magnetotransport characterization was carried out in the magnetic fields up to 80 kOe, applied perpendicular to the 2DEG plane, in the temperature range 1.8 ÷ 300 K. Negative low-temperature magnetoresistance with a magnitude of order of 1 % was detected. The data set is analysed in the frame of the multichannel Kondo model for d0-magnetic materials.