Generalized multiband typical medium dynamical cluster approximation: Application to (Ga,Mn)N

Yi Zhang, R. Nelson, Elisha Siddiqui, K.-M. Tam, U. Yu, T. Berlijn, W. Ku, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja, J. Moreno, and M. Jarrell
Phys. Rev. B 94, 224208 – Published 29 December 2016

Abstract

We generalize the multiband typical medium dynamical cluster approximation and the formalism introduced by Blackman, Esterling, and Berk so that it can deal with localization in multiband disordered systems with both diagonal and off-diagonal disorder with complicated potentials. We also introduce an ansatz for the momentum-resolved typical density of states that greatly improves the numerical stability of the method while preserving the independence of scattering events at different frequencies. Starting from the first-principles effective Hamiltonian, we apply this method to the diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga1xMnxN, and find the impurity band is completely localized for Mn concentrations x<0.03, while for 0.03<x<0.10 the impurity band has delocalized states but the chemical potential resides at or above the mobility edge. So, the system is always insulating within the experimental compositional limit (x0.10) due to Anderson localization. However, for 0.03<x<0.10 hole doping could make the system metallic, allowing double-exchange mediated, or enhanced, ferromagnetism. The developed method is expected to have a large impact on first-principles studies of Anderson localization.

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  • Received 10 July 2016
  • Revised 27 October 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.224208

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Yi Zhang1,2,*, R. Nelson3, Elisha Siddiqui1, K.-M. Tam1,2, U. Yu4, T. Berlijn5,6, W. Ku7, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja8, J. Moreno1,2, and M. Jarrell1,2

  • 1Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 2Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 3Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
  • 4Department of Physics and Photon Science, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
  • 5Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
  • 6Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
  • 7Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
  • 8Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India

  • *zhangyiphys@gmail.com

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Vol. 94, Iss. 22 — 1 December 2016

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