Carrier-induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors
- 28 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 65 (15) , 153203
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.65.153203
Abstract
We present a theory for carrier-induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semi-conductor (DMS). Our approach treats on equal footing both quantum fluctuations within the random-phase approximation and disorder within the coherent potential approximation (CPA). This method allows for the calculation of magnetization, and magnon spectrum as a function of hole, impurity concentration, and temperature. It is shown that, sufficiently close to and within our decoupling scheme (Tyablicov type), the CPA for the itinerant electron gas reduces to the virtual crystal approximation. This allows, in the low-impurity concentration and low density of carriers, to provide analytical expression for For illustration, we consider the case of and compare our results with available experimental data.
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