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- Title
FERROMAGNETISM IN DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS WITHOUT MAGNETIC IONS.
- Authors
BHATT, R. N.; NIELSEN, ERIK
- Abstract
While ferromagnetism has been obtained above 100 K in doped semiconductors with magnetic ions such as Ga1−xMnxAs, bulk doped semiconductors in the absence of magnetic ions have shown no tendency towards ferromagnetism. We re-examine the nonmagnetic doped semiconductor system at low carrier densities in terms of a generalized Hubbard model. Using exact diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian for finite clusters, we find that the system exhibits significant ferromagnetic tendencies at nanoscales, in a region of parameter space not accessible to bulk systems, but achievable in quantum dots and heterostructures. Implications for studying these effects in experimentally realizable systems, as well as the possibility of true (macroscopic) ferromagnetism in these systems is discussed.
- Subjects
FERROMAGNETISM; SEMICONDUCTOR doping; MAGNETIC ions; SEMICONDUCTORS; QUANTUM dots
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics B: Condensed Matter Physics; Statistical Physics; Applied Physics, 2008, Vol 22, Issue 25/26, p4595
- ISSN
0217-9792
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217979208050358