Theoretical prediction of maximum Curie temperatures of Fe-based dilute magnetic semiconductors by first-principles calculations. (3rd June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fukushima, Tetsuya; Shinya, Hikari; Masago, Akira; Sato, Kazunori; Katayama-Yoshida, Hiroshi
• Is Part Of: Applied physics express. Volume 12:Number 6(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-06-03
• Subjects: Physics -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals; 621.05
• DOI: 10.7567/1882-0786/ab2360
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1882-0778

Abstract

Abstract: We clarify the maximum Curie temperatures in Mn- and Fe-based dilute magnetic semiconductors by first-principles calculations. For this purpose, the electronic structure and magnetic properties in the spinodal-decomposed zinc-blende type MnAs, MnSb, FeAs, and FeSb are calculated by the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green's function method combined with the variational pseudo self-interaction correction. Our calculations clearly show that these zinc-blende materials have a possibility of very high Curie temperature by an n - or p -type Fermi level shift, and that the estimated Curie temperature by the mean field approximation reaches 1 000 K.