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A brief review of theory of ferromagnetism of dilute magnetic semiconductors of the form (A,Mn)B based on the double exchange model is first given. A systematic investigation of the phenomena extending the current theory is outlined. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-02-08 A. K. Rajagopal , Mogus Mochena , P. J. Lin-Chung

This paper reviews the present understanding of the origin of ferromagnetic response of diluted magnetic semiconductors and diluted magnetic oxides as well as in some nominally magnetically undoped materials. It is argued that these systems…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Tomasz Dietl

Different samples of Zn1-xMnxO series have been prepared by conventional solid state sintering method. It has been identified, up to what extent of doping enable us to synthesize single-phase polycrystalline Mn doped ZnO samples which is…

Based on ab initio calculations of Ga_{1-x}Mn_xN_yAs_{1-y} and Ga_{1-x}Mn_xC_yAs_{1-y}, we propose a new codoping method to enhance the Curie temperature T_c of diluted magnetic semiconductors. The solubility of Mn can be increased up to…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-01-15 Van An Dinh , K. Sato , H. Katayama-Yoshida

We investigate the relationship between the Curie temperature TC and the carrier density p in the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As. Carrier densities are extracted from analysis of the Hall resistance at low temperatures and high…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-12 M. Wang , K. W. Edmonds , B. L. Gallagher , A. W. Rushforth , O. Makarovsky , A. Patanè , R. P. Campion , C. T. Foxon , V. Novak , T. Jungwirth

This work deals with the analysis of experimental data on the average magnetization of $Fe_{1-x}Me_x$ (Me=Sn,Si) disordered alloys, the average and local hyperfine fields (HFF) at the Fe nuclei. The effect of the metalloid concentration on…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 A. K. Arzhnikov , L. V. Dobysheva

We systematically measured the Hall effect in the extremely large magnetoresistance semimetal WTe$_2$. By carefully fitting the Hall resistivity to a two-band model, the temperature dependencies of the carrier density and mobility for both…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-09 Yongkang Luo , H. Li , Y. M. Dai , H. Miao , Y. G. Shi , H. Ding , A. J. Taylor , D. A. Yarotski , R. P. Prasankumar , J. D. Thompson

In this paper we review the latest achievements of density functional theory in understanding the physics of diluted magnetic semiconductors. We focus on transition metal doped III-V semiconductors, which show spontaneous ferromagnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Sanvito , G. Theurich , N. A. Hill

Clear evidence of ferromagnetic behavior at temperatures >400 K as well as spin polarization of the charge carriers have been observed in ZnMnO thin films grown on Al2O3 and MgO substrates. The magnetic properties depended on the exact Mn…

The effect of the inclusion of As antisites in the diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As is studied within density functional theory in the local spin density approximation. In the case of homogeneous distribution of Mn ions we find that…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-10 Stefano Sanvito , Nicola A. Hill

We examine the Mn concentration dependence of the electronic and magnetic properties of optimally annealed Ga1-xMnxAs epilayers for 1.35% < x < 8.3%. The Curie temperature (Tc), conductivity, and exchange energy increase with Mn…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 S. J. Potashnik , K. C. Ku , R. Mahendiran , S. H. Chun , R. F. Wang , N. Samarth , P. Schiffer

We present a mean-field theory of carrier-induced ferromagnetism in Mn$_x$III$_{1-x}$V diluted magnetic semiconductors with a special emphasis placed on the magnetic anisotropy. The valence band holes are described using the six band…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Abolfath , T. Jungwirth , A. H. MacDonald

The development of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped Bi2Te3 is characterized through measurements on a series of single crystals with different Mn content. Scanning tunneling microscopy analysis shows that the Mn substitutes on the Bi sites,…

We demonstrate the gate-tunability of the long-range magnetic order in a p-type V-doped WSe2 monolayer using ab initio calculations. We found that at a low V-doping concentration limit, the long-range ferromagnetic order is enhanced by…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-25 Dinh Loc Duong , Seong-Gon Kim , Young Hee Lee

The seeking of room temperature ferromagnetic semiconductors, which take advantages of both the charge and spin degrees of freedom of electrons to realize a variety of functionalities in devices integrated with electronic, optical, and…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-26 Huan-Cheng Yang , Ben-Chao Gong , Kai Liu , Zhong-Yi Lu

We report on magnetoconductance measurements through a weakly coupled quantum dot, containing roughly 900 electrons, in a wide magnetic field range from 0 T to 12 T. We find modulations of the conductance resonances in the quantum Hall…

Fe-doped ZnO nanocrystals are successfully synthesized and structurally characterized by using x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Magnetization measurements on the same system reveal a ferromagnetic to paramagnetic…

We demonstrate sensitivity of the Mn 3d valence states to strain in the ferromagnetic semiconductors (Ga,Mn)As and (Al,Ga,Mn)As, using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). The spectral shape of the Mn $L_{2,3}$ XMCD is dependent on the…

Recent experiments [1] suggest that the ferromagnetism (FM) in GaAs: Mn is determined by the impurity band rather than holes in the valence band. We discuss here the physical mechanism of FM mediated by the carriers in impurity band, where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-15 V. Fleurov , K. Kikoin , A. Zunger

Resonant in situ photoemission from Mn 3d states in Ga_{1-x}Mn_{x}As is reported for Mn concentrations down to very dilute limit of 0.1 at %. The properties of the peak at the valence-band maximum reveal an effective interaction between Mn…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-17 I. Ulfat , J. Kanski , L. Ilver , J. Sadowski , K. Karlsson , A. Ernst