Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Heterojunction Systems
Materials Science
2009-11-07 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs), in which magnetic elements are substituted for a small fraction of host elements in a semiconductor lattice, can become ferromagnetic when doped. In this article we discuss the physics of DMS ferromagnetism in systems with semiconductor heterojunctions. We focus on the mechanism that cause magnetic and magnetoresistive properties to depend on doping profiles, defect distributions, gate voltage, and other system parameters that can in principle be engineered to yield desired results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0203080,
title = {Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Heterojunction Systems},
author = {Byounghak Lee and T. Jungwirth and A. H. MacDonald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0203080},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 7 figures, review, special issue of Semicon. Sci. Technol. on semiconductor spintronics