Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-02-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We employ the dynamical mean field approximation to perform a systematic study of magnetism in Ga_{1-x}Mn_xAs. Our model incorporates the effects of the strong spin-orbit coupling on the J=3/2 GaAs valence bands and of the exchange interaction between the randomly distributed magnetic ions and the itinerant holes. The ferromagnetic phase transition temperature T_c is obtained for different values of the impurity-hole coupling J_c and of the hole concentration n_h at the Mn doping of x=0.05. We also investigate the temperature dependence of the local magnetization and spin polarization of the holes. By comparing our results with those for a single band Hamiltonian in which the spin-orbit coupling is switched off, we conclude that the spin-orbit coupling in Ga_{1-x}Mn_xAs gives rise to frustration in the ferromagnetic order, strengthening recent findings by Zarand and Janko (Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 047201 (2002)).
Aryanpour K.
Fishman Randy S.
Jarrell Mark
Moreno Jackeline
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