High Curie Temperature and Nano-Scale Spinodal Decomposition Phase in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors

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Published 15 July 2005 Copyright (c) 2005 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Kazunori Sato et al 2005 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44 L948 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.44.L948

1347-4065/44/7L/L948

Abstract

We show that spinoadal decomposition phase in dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) offers the possibility to have high Curie temperatures (TC) even if the magnetic exchange interaction is short ranged. The spinodal decomposition is simulated by applying the Monte Carlo method to the Ising model with realistic (ab initio) chemical pair interactions between magnetic impurities in DMS. Curie temperatures are estimated by the random phase approximation with taking disorder into account. It is found that the spinodal decomposition phase inherently occurs in DMS due to strong attractive interactions between impurities. This phase decomposition supports magnetic network over the dimension of the crystal resulting in a high-TC phase.

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10.1143/JJAP.44.L948