Diluted magnetic Ga1-xMn xN alloys: a first-principles study
AUTOR(ES)
Paiva, R. de, Alves, J. L. A., Nogueira, R. A., Leite, J. R., Scolfaro, L. M. R.
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Physics
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2004-06
RESUMO
The utilization of the quantum properties of the electron spin wave function will allow the development of a new class of devices. The problem is still controversial and unsettled, even qualitatively, especially for concentrated spin systems such as 3d metals and their alloys. The variety of crystal structures of 3d metals makes difficult the direct comparison between the experimental results and the theoretical conclusions. On the account of this difficulty, substitutional alloys with the same crystal structure, especially face-centered cubic alloys, have been investigated extensively. In this work the properties of diluted Ga1-xMn xN (x = 0.0630; 0.0315) alloys are calculated in the zinc-blende phase, within the framework of the density functional theory, using the fullpotential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method and the local density approximation (LDA). The alloys are simulated using 32-atom and 64-atom large unit cells, containing one substitutional Mn atom for a Ga atom. The calculations are spin-polarized and we analyze band structures, density of states and total magnetizations. A half-metallic state is predicted at a0 ~ 4:45Å. The majority-spin band has a rather sharp peak, characteristic of a narrow band, while the minority-spin has a gap. The total magnetization of the cell is 4.00muB which does not change with the Mn concentration. The valence band is ferromagnetically coupled with the Mn atoms, and the spin splitting is not linearly dependent on the Mn concentration.
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