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Carrier induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semi-conductors

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-07 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We present a theory for carrier induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semi-conductor (DMS). Our approach treats on equal footing quantum fluctuations within the RPA approximation and disorder within CPA. This method allows for the calculation of TcT_c, magnetization and magnon spectrum as a function of hole, impurity concentration and temperature. It is shown that, sufficiently close to TcT_c, and within our decoupling scheme (Tyablicov type) the CPA for the itinerant electron gas reduces to the Virtual Crystal Approximation. This allows, in the low impurity concentration and low density of carriers to provide analytical expression for TcT_c. For illustration, we consider the case of Ga1cMncAsGa_{1-c}Mn_{c}As and compare our results with available experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0202111,
  title  = {Carrier induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semi-conductors},
  author = {G. Bouzerar and T. P. Pareek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0202111},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 figures included. to appear in Phys. Rev. B (brief report)