Mn-induced ferromagnetism and enhanced thermoelectric properties in Ru1−x Mn x Sb2+δ

FERROMAGNETISM IN (Ga,Mn)As AND (Ga,Mn)N

(Ga,Mn)As and (Ga,Mn)N are so called diluted magnetic semiconductors, i.e. semiconductor based materials made ferromagnetic by inclusion of a magnetic element—in this case Mn. This type of materials bridge over the incompatibilities in metal–semiconductor interfaces in electronics components and have an enormous potential for future spintronics applications, where both charge and spin degrees o...

Effects of Mn clustering on ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As

The magnetic interactions of substitutional Mn clusters in (Ga,Mn)As are investigated using density-functional total-energy supercell calculations within the projector augmented-wave method. Magnetic coupling strength values are directly calculated from the parallel and antiparallel spin alignments, and then used to estimate the Curie temperature TC. The magnetic interactions both inside the cl...

Ferromagnetism in Mn- and Cr-Implanted AlGaP

Implantation of Mn or Cr at doses of 3–5 10 cm 2 into Si-doped Al0:24Ga0:76P epilayers on GaP substrates produced ferromagnetic ordering at temperatures up to 300 K. The results were similar to those obtained previously in p-type AlGaP(C), indicating that both electron and hole-doped AlGaP can exhibit ferromagnetism. In addition, the AlGaP results are similar to those for GaP so the magnitude o...

Ferromagnetism in (III,Mn)V Semiconductors

Measured lifetimes of metastable levels of Mn X , Mn XI , Mn XII , and Mn XIII ions

An ion storage technique, based on the capture of metastable multiply charged ions from an external ion source into a Kingdon ion trap, has been used to measure the lifetimes of eight metastable levels of Mn ions with 3s3p configurations, k51 – 4. Although several lifetime calculations exist, some of the transition wavelengths have not been previously observed in any source. The lifetimes range...