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We study the interatomic exchange interactions and Curie temperatures in half-metallic semi Heusler compounds NiCrZ (Z=P, Se, Te) and NiVAs. The study is performed within the framework of density functional theory. The calculation of…
The static conductivity of the dilute magnetic semiconductor GaMnAs is calculated using the memory function formalism and time-dependent density-functional theory to account for impurity scattering and to treat Hartree and exchange…
We extend the model of ferromagnetic superexchange in dilute magnetic semiconductors to the ferromagnetically ordered highly insulating compounds (dilute magnetic dielectrics). The intrinsic ferromagnetism without free carriers is observed…
The quantum phase diagram of disordered electron systems as function of the concentration of magnetic impurities nm and the local exchange coupling J is studied in the dilute limit. We take into account the Anderson localisation of the…
The electronic structure and magnetic exchange interactions in pure and V-doped Fe16N2 are studied within the framework of density functional theory. The Curie temperatures were obtained with both mean field approximation (MFA) as well as…
We have synthesized ferromagnetic InMnP, a member of III-Mn-V ferromagnetic semiconductor family, by Mn ion implantation and pulsed laser annealing. Clear ferromagnetic hysteresis loops and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are observed…
Because of large spatial separation of the Mn atoms in Heusler alloys the Mn 3d states belonging to different atoms do not overlap considerably. Therefore an indirect exchange interaction between Mn atoms should play a crucial role in the…
On the basis of Friedel approach the theoretical description of the effects of resonance scattering of conduction electrons by donor impurities in semiconductors with allowance for the stabilization of electron concentration in coinciding…
We present a model study of ferromagnetic films consisting of free Bloch electrons coupled to localized moments (Kondo lattice films). By mapping the local interaction onto an effective Heisenberg Hamiltonian we obtain temperature and…
We studied the exchange interactions mediated by polarized itinerant carriers in diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) junction. In contrast to the ordinary RKKY oscillations, the induced moment possesses an interesting spiral motion,…
Fe3Si is a ferromagnetic material with possible applications in magnetic tunnel junctions. When doped with Mn, the material shows a complex magnetic behavior, as suggested by older experiments. We employed the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR)…
Phase diagram and critical properties are studied for three-dimensional double exchange model with and without quenched disorder. Employing the Monte Carlo method and the systematic analysis on the finite-size effect, we estimate the Curie…
The substitution of Mn in the III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors leads to a strong electron scattering on impurities. Besides the features induced in the valence band by the hybridization with the Mn d-states, also the conduction band is…
Quantum kinetic equations of motion for carrier and impurity spins in paramagnetic II-VI diluted magnetic semiconductors in a $\mathbf{k}$-dependent effective magnetic field are derived, where the carrier-impurity correlations are taken…
We study the exchange interactions in half-metallic Heusler alloys using first-principles calculations in conjunction with the frozen-magnon approximation. The Curie temperature is estimated within both mean-field (MF) and…
We consider the effect of the RKKY interaction between magnetic impurities on the electron relaxation rates in a normal metal. The interplay between the RKKY interaction and the Kondo effect may result in a non-monotonic temperature…
Although InP and GaAs have very similar band-structure their magnetic properties appear to drastically differ. Critical temperatures in (In,Mn)P are much smaller than that of (Ga,Mn)As and scale linearly with Mn concentration. This is in…
The magnetic properties of the $Fe_{1-x}Ru_x$ alloy system for 0 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 0.10 are studied by using a mean-field approximation based on the Bogoliubov inequality. Ferromagnetic Fe-Fe spin correlations and antiferromagnetic Fe-Ru and…
After decades of research, the low Curie temperature of ferromagnetic semiconductors remains the key problem in the development of magnetic semiconductor spintronic technologies. Removing this roadblock might require a change of the field's…
In numerous diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) systems, the competition takes place between the short-range antiferromagnetic (AF) superexchange interactions and the long-range Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) coupling mediated by the…