III-V Semiconductors

Theory of ferromagnetic (III,Mn)V semiconductors

The body of research on (III,Mn)V diluted magnetic semiconductors initiated during the 1990’s has concentrated on three major fronts: i) the microscopic origins and fundamental physics of the ferromagnetism that occurs in these systems, ii) the materials science of growth and defects and iii) the development of spintronic devices with new functionalities. This article reviews the current status...

Ferromagnetism in (III,Mn)V Semiconductors

Magnetic domains in III-V magnetic semiconductors

Recent progress in the theoretical understanding of magnetic anisotropy and stiffness in III-V magnetic semiconductors is exploited for predictions of magnetic domain characteristics and methods of their tuning. We evaluate the width and the energy of domain walls as well as the period of stripe domains in perpendicular films. The computed stripe width W51.1 mm for Ga0.957Mn0.043As/In0.16Ga0.84...

Ferromagnetism in magnetically doped III-V semiconductors.

The origin of ferromagnetism in semimagnetic III-V materials is discussed. The indirect exchange interaction caused by virtual electron excitations from magnetic impurity acceptor levels to the valence band can explain ferromagnetism in GaAs(Mn) in both degenerate and nondegenerate samples. Formation of ferromagnetic clusters and the percolation picture of phase transition describes well all av...

Composition Fluctuations in Iii-v Semiconductors

Electron microscopy studies have previously revealed the presence of fine scale (lOnm) variations of contrast within III-V compound semiconductor epilayers. Using a pulsed laser atom probe it has been possible to study the microchemistry of these layers at very high resolution. This study has shown that in epilayers of GalnAs, AlInAs and GaAHnAs there are variations of up to 10% in composition....