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Suppression of carrier induced ferromagnetism by composition and spin fluctuations in diluted magnetic semiconductors
Vladimir A. StephanovichYu G Semenovsubject
PhysicsPhase transitionCondensed Matter - Materials ScienceSpinsCondensed matter physicsMaterials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)FOS: Physical sciencesMagnetic semiconductorDisordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural NetworksBase (group theory)Distribution functionFerromagnetismMean field theoryCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsSpin-½description
We suggest an approach to account for spatial (composition) and thermal fluctuations in "disordered" magnetic models (e.g. Heisenberg, Ising) with given spatial dependence of magnetic spin-spin interaction. Our approach is based on introduction of fluctuating molecular field (rather than mean field) acting between the spins. The distribution function of the above field is derived self-consistently. In general case this function is not Gaussian, latter asymptotics occurs only at sufficiently large spins (magnetic ions) concentrations $n_i$. Our approach permits to derive the equation for a critical temperature $T_c$ of ferromagnetic phase transition with respect to the above fluctuations. We apply our theory to the analysis of influence of composition fluctuations on $T_c$ in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) with RKKY indirect spin-spin interaction.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-06-20 |