Disorder effects on ferromagnetism in diluted, magnetic semiconductors

M. P. Kennett; M. Berciu; R. N. Bhatt

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.12.788

Disorder effects on ferromagnetism in diluted, magnetic semiconductors

M. P. Kennett, M. Berciu, R. N. Bhatt

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We discuss a model for diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) appropriate for low charge carrier density and local moment concentrations in III-V DMS such as Ga_1-xMn_xAs. In our model, carriers arise from the Mn impurity band and are exchange-coupled to the magnetic ions. We have studied this model using mean-field and Monte Carlo techniques. We find that disorder in the Mn ion locations can lead to spatially inhomogeneous local magnetizations below the Curie temperature that are strongly correlated with the local carrier charge density. This motivates a phenomenological two component model that provides an adequate description of thermodynamic properties.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1993-1994
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume	272-276
Issue number	III
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.12.788
State	Published - May 2004

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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DMS
Disorder
Ferromagnetism
Spintronics

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Disorder effects on ferromagnetism in diluted, magnetic semiconductors

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