Published August 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Electronic structure of p-type (Ga,Fe)N diluted magnetic semiconductors

  • 1. Laboratoire de Magnetisme et de Physique des Hautes Energies, Departement de physique, Faculte des sciences, B.P. 1014, Rabat (Morocco)
  • 2. The Institute of Nanotechnology, INANOTECH, Rabat (Morocco)
  • 3. Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology, Rabat (Morocco)
  • 4. Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies, Departement de physique, Faculte des sciences, B.P. 1014, Rabat (Morocco)

Description

By ab-initio calculation we show that the (Ga,Fe)N ground state may be changed from anti-ferromagnetic to ferromagnetic by acceptor defect like Ga vacancies. The electronic structures are calculated by using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR) method combined with coherent potential approximation (CPA). We show that we can increase the magnetic moment of Fe in p-type GaN by oxygen co-doping. Mechanism of exchange interactions between magnetic ions in p-type (Ga,Fe)N is also studied. The effect of external magnetic field on the electronic structure of (Ga, Fe)N and p-type (Ga, Fe)N is investigated.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.02.140

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.02.140;
PII
S0304-8853(09)00195-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
321
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 2402-2406
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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