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Two Dimensional Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Systems

Materials Science 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We develop a theory for two-dimensional diluted magnetic semiconductor systems (e.g. Ga1xMnxAs\textrm{Ga}_{1-x}\textrm{Mn}_{x}\textrm{As} layers) where the itinerant carriers mediating the ferromagnetic interaction between the impurity local moments, as well as the local moments themselves, are confined in a two-dimensional layer. The theory includes exact spatial disorder effects associated with the random local moment positions within a disordered RKKY lattice field theory description. We predict the ferromagnetic transition temperature (TcT_{c}) as well as the nature of the spontaneous magnetization. The theory includes disorder and finite carrier mean free path effects as well as the important correction arising from the {\it finite temperature} RKKY interaction, finding a strong density dependence of TcT_{c} in contrast to the simple virtual crystal approximation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501149,
  title  = {Two Dimensional Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Systems},
  author = {D. J. Priour and E. H. Hwang and S. Das Sarma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501149},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

New results added in connection with the Hohenberg-Mermin-Wagner theorem