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 …

Mn Interstitial Diffusion in

KW Edmonds, P Bogusławski, KY Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2004 - APS
We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of the ferromagnetic
semiconductor (G a, M n) A s which explains the remarkably large changes observed on low …

Influence of defects on the lattice constant of GaMnAs

J Sadowski, JZ Domagala - Physical Review B, 2004 - APS
We study the influence of the major compensating defects As antisites and Mn interstitials
known to occur in the GaMnAs ferromagnetic semiconductor on its structural properties. Our …

Influence of annealing on microstructure and magnetic properties of co-sputtered Co-doped ZnO thin films

XJ Liu, C Song, F Zeng, XB Wang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The annealing effects on the microstructure and magnetic properties of Zn 0.92 Co 0.08 O
films annealed at different temperatures (200, 400 and 600 C) in air and vacuum have been …

Capping-induced suppression of annealing effects on epilayers

MB Stone, KC Ku, SJ Potashnik, BL Sheu… - Applied physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
We have studied the effects of capping ferromagnetic Ga 1− x Mn x As epilayers with a thin
layer of undoped GaAs, and we find that even a few monolayers of GaAs have a significant …

Postgrowth annealing of (Ga, Mn) As under As capping: An alternative way to increase TC

M Adell, L Ilver, J Kanski, V Stanciu… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
In situ postgrowth annealing of (Ga, Mn) As layers under As capping is adequate for
achieving high Curie temperatures (TC) in a similar way as ex situ annealing in air or in N 2 …

Electronic and magnetic properties of substitutional Mn clusters in (Ga, Mn) As

H Raebiger, A Ayuela, J Von Boehm - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2005 - APS
The magnetization and hole distribution of Mn clusters in (Ga, Mn) As are investigated by all-
electron total energy calculations using the projector augmented wave method within the …

Intrinsically limited critical temperatures of highly doped thin films

K Khazen, HJ Von Bardeleben, JL Cantin… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Ga 1− x Mn x As films with exceptionally high saturation magnetizations of≈ 100 emu/cm 3
corresponding to effective Mn concentrations of xeff≈ 0.10 still have a Curie temperature TC …

An introduction to semiconductor spintronics

N Samarth - Solid State Physics, 2004 - Elsevier
When Richard Feynman boldly speculated in 1959 about the technological possibilities
latent in the manipulation of “quantized energy levels, or the interactions of quantized spins …

Antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in diluted magnetic thin films with RKKY interaction

K Szałowski, T Balcerzak - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2009 - APS
We study a model thin film containing diluted bilayer structure with the Ruderman-Kittel-
Kasuya-Yosida long-range interaction. The magnetic subsystem is composed of two …