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Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors

Materials Science 2016-07-06 v1

Abstract

We show the possibility of long-range ferrimagnetic ordering with a saturation magnetisation of the order of 1 Bohr magneton per spin for arbitrarily low concentration of magnetic impurities in semiconductors, provided that the impurities form a superstructure satisfying the conditions of the Lieb-Mattis theorem. Explicit examples of such superstructures are given for the wurtzite lattice, and the temperature of ferrimagnetic transition is estimated from a high-temperature expansion. Exact diagonalization studies show that small fragments of the structure exhibit enhanced magnetic response and isotropic superparamagnetism at low temperatures. A quantum transition in a high magnetic field is considered and similar superstructures in cubic semiconductors are discussed as well.

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@article{arxiv.1602.02239,
  title  = {Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors},
  author = {R. O. Kuzian and J. Richter and M. D. Kuz'min and R. Hayn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02239},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages,4 figures