CaB_6: a new semiconducting material for spin electronics

Details CaB_6: a new semiconducting material for spin electronics CaB_6: a new semiconducting material for spin electronics

2000-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011109v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 016401 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

4 pages, 1 postscript figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.016401

Ferromagnetism was recently observed at unexpectedly high temperatures in La-doped CaB_6. The starting point of all theoretical proposals to explain this observation is a semimetallic electronic structure calculated for CaB_6 within the local density approximation. Here we report the results of parameter-free quasiparticle calculations of the single-particle excitation spectrum which show that CaB_6 is not a semimetal but a semiconductor with a band gap of 0.8 eV. Magnetism in La_xCa_{1-x}B_6 occurs just on the metallic side of a Mott transition in the La-induced impurity band.

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