Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-07-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
The manuscript contains 5 figures and has been published in Phase transitions (2007)
Scientific paper
We review recently developed two-step approach for description of electronic and magnetic properties of a new class of materials, the diluted magnetic semiconductors. In the first step we construct, on the basis of the state-of-the-art first-principles electronic structure calculations, the effective Ising and Heisenberg Hamiltonians which describe, respectively, the alloy phase stability and the magnetic excitations in the system. In the second step, we analyze properties of these effective Hamiltonians by various methods of statistical physics. As a case study, the prototypical diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga_{1-x}Mn_{x}As is studied in detail. We determine, among others, a possibility for clustering in this system, formation energies of various compensating defects, and estimate short-range order parameters describing ordering tendencies in a system. On the other hand, by using recently developed local random-phase approximation approach, we evaluate the system Curie temperature and demonstrate its strong dependence on the sample preparation. We also emphasize the relevance of proper inclusion of the randomness in positions of magnetic impurities for a reliable estimate of the system critical temperature. Finally, we compare calculated Curie temperatures with available experimental data and briefly mention relation to other theoretical approaches.
Bouzerar Richard
Drchal Vaclav
Kudrnovsky Josef
~Bouzerar Georges
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