TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors
T2 - A review (invited)
AU - Furdyna, J. K.
AU - Samarth, N.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are semiconducting alloys containing a random distribution of substitutional magnetic ions (e.g., Mn+ + in Cd1-xMnxSe). Magnetic properties of DMS - such as spin glass behavior due to lattice frustration, magnon excitations in a random system of spins, superexchange, and short range antiferromagnetic order - are of considerable interest in their own right. In addition, understanding these properties is important because they strongly influence the electronic phenomena in DMS via the sp-d exchange interaction between the band electrons and the localized magnetic moments. We review the most recent results concerning magnetic susceptibility, Mn++-Mn++ nearest-neighbor exchange, and magnetic short-range order in these materials. On this basis, we can present a fairly complete and unified picture of magnetic properties of DMS. In addition, we point out some of the issues and challenges that lie ahead.
AB - Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are semiconducting alloys containing a random distribution of substitutional magnetic ions (e.g., Mn+ + in Cd1-xMnxSe). Magnetic properties of DMS - such as spin glass behavior due to lattice frustration, magnon excitations in a random system of spins, superexchange, and short range antiferromagnetic order - are of considerable interest in their own right. In addition, understanding these properties is important because they strongly influence the electronic phenomena in DMS via the sp-d exchange interaction between the band electrons and the localized magnetic moments. We review the most recent results concerning magnetic susceptibility, Mn++-Mn++ nearest-neighbor exchange, and magnetic short-range order in these materials. On this basis, we can present a fairly complete and unified picture of magnetic properties of DMS. In addition, we point out some of the issues and challenges that lie ahead.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.338714
DO - 10.1063/1.338714
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0001375073
SN - 0021-8979
VL - 61
SP - 3526
EP - 3531
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
IS - 8
ER -