Magnetic phase structure of Mn-doped III-V semiconductor quantum wells

H. J. Kim and K. S. Yi
Phys. Rev. B 65, 193310 – Published 8 May 2002
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Abstract

We present a self-consistent calculation of magnetic phase structure in modulation-doped dilute magnetic III-V semiconductor quantum wells. The spin-split subband structure is calculated at finite temperature and magnetic-field effects on the carrier-induced magnetism are examined in a weak-field regime. The exchange correlation of free carriers is shown to enhance the ferromagnetic tendency. And the temperature Tth, below which the system spontaneously becomes fully spin polarized, increases as the doping concentration Na in nonmagnetic barriers increases. Hysteresis loop of the magnetic quantum well predicts that the remnant magnetization is enhanced as one increases the modulation-doped acceptor impurity concentration.

  • Received 3 September 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.193310

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. J. Kim and K. S. Yi*

  • Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Korea

  • *Corresponding author. Electronic address: ksyi@pnu.edu

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Vol. 65, Iss. 19 — 15 May 2002

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