Magnetic interactions in a proposed diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ba$_\text{1-x}$K$_\text{x}$)(Zn$_\text{1-y}$Mn$_\text{y}$)$_\text{2}$P$_\text{2}$
Huan-Cheng Yang,
Kai Liu,
Zhong-Yi Lu
Abstract:By using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we have studied the magnetic interactions in a proposed BaZn2P2-based diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS). For a typical compound Ba(Zn0.944Mn0.056)2P2 with only spin doping, due to the superexchange interaction between Mn atoms and the lack of itinerant carriers, the short-range antiferromagnetic coupling dominates. Partially substituting K atoms for Ba atoms, which introduces itinerant hole carriers into the p orbitals of P atoms so as to link dis… Show more
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