Dilute ferromagnetic semiconductors: Physics and spintronic structures

T Dietl, H Ohno - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
This review compiles results of experimental and theoretical studies on thin films and
quantum structures of semiconductors with randomly distributed Mn ions, which exhibit …

Theory of ferromagnetic (III, Mn) V semiconductors

T Jungwirth, J Sinova, J Mašek, J Kučera… - Reviews of Modern …, 2006 - APS
The body of research on (III, Mn) V diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) initiated during
the 1990s has concentrated on three major fronts:(i) the microscopic origins and …

Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance: A Spin-Valve-Like Tunnel Magnetoresistance<? format?> Using a Single Magnetic Layer

C Gould, C Rüster, T Jungwirth, E Girgis, GM Schott… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We introduce a new class of spintronic devices in which a spin-valve-like effect results from
strong spin-orbit coupling in a single ferromagnetic layer rather than from injection and …

Magnetic Domain Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy in

U Welp, VK Vlasko-Vlasov, X Liu, JK Furdyna… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
Large, well-defined magnetic domains, on the scale of hundreds of micrometers, are
observed in G a 1-x M nx A s epilayers using a high-resolution magneto-optical imaging …

Temperature dependent magnetic anisotropy in (Ga, Mn) As layers

M Sawicki, F Matsukura, A Idziaszek, T Dietl… - Physical Review B …, 2004 - APS
It is demonstrated by SQUID measurements that (Ga, Mn) As films can exhibit perpendicular
easy axis at low temperatures, even under compressive strain, provided that the hole …

In-plane uniaxial anisotropy rotations in (Ga, Mn) As thin films

M Sawicki, KY Wang, KW Edmonds, RP Campion… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
We show, by superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry, that in (Ga, Mn)
As films the in-plane uniaxial magnetic easy axis is consistently associated with particular …

Spin Reorientation Transition in Single-Domain

KY Wang, M Sawicki, KW Edmonds, RP Campion… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We demonstrate that the interplay of in-plane biaxial and uniaxial anisotropy fields in (Ga,
Mn) As results in a spin reorientation transition and an anisotropic ac susceptibility which is …

Photoinduced precession of magnetization in ferromagnetic (Ga, Mn) As

Y Hashimoto, S Kobayashi, H Munekata - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
Precession of magnetization induced by pulsed optical excitation is observed in a
ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga, Mn) As by time-resolved magneto-optical measurements …

Anisotropic magnetoresistance and magnetic anisotropy in high-quality (Ga, Mn) As films

KY Wang, KW Edmonds, RP Campion, LX Zhao… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
We have performed a systematic investigation of magnetotransport of a series of as-grown
and annealed Ga 1− x Mn x As samples with 0.011⩽ x⩽ 0.09. We find that the anisotropic …

Origin of bulk uniaxial anisotropy in zinc-blende dilute magnetic semiconductors

M Birowska, C Śliwa, JA Majewski, T Dietl - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
It is demonstrated that the nearest-neighbor Mn pair on the GaAs (001) surface has a lower
energy for the [1¯ 10] direction compared to the [110] case. According to the group theory …