Electronic and optical spectra in a diluted magnetic semiconductor multilayer

About Ge(Mn) diluted magnetic semiconductor

Deposition of 0.5 monolayer of Mn by molecular beam epitaxy on the surface of a Ge(0 0 1) substrate, and annealing, allowed the fabrication of a cluster-free Ge(Mn) diluted solution. Electronic spin resonance (ESR) was used to study the magnetic properties of this solution. These measurements, combined with secondary ion mass spectrometry, atomic force microscopy, and Auger electron spectroscop...

Theory of diluted magnetic semiconductor ferromagnetism

We present a theory of carrier-induced ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors ( III1-xMnxV) which allows for arbitrary itinerant-carrier spin polarization and dynamic correlations. Both ingredients are essential in identifying the system's elementary excitations and describing their properties. We find a branch of collective modes, in addition to the spin waves and Stoner continuum w...

ZnO-based nanostructures for diluted magnetic semiconductor

Since the prediction by Dietl et al. in the year 2000, extensive research activities have been focused on the ZnObased diluted magnetic materials (DMSs). Earlier works were mainly performed using bulk or thin film materials with transition-metal doping, and diverse magnetic properties including ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism have been reported. Identifying the dominant mechanis...

Three-dimensionally Confined Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Clusters

We report the first example of a dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) confined in all three dimensions (DMS quantum dot). Zn0.93Mn0.07S clusters o f 2 5 A diameter are successfully synthesized inside a glass matrix and fully characterized by chemical analysis, x-ray diffraction, extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Effect of size quantization on t...

Magneto-optical studies of dilute nitrides and II-VI diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum structures