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Magnetic Circular Dichroism from the Impurity Band in III-V Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
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Magnetic Circular Dichroism from the Impurity Band in III-V Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

Jian-Ming Tang and Michael E. Flatte
Physical review letters, Vol.101(15), pp.157203-157203
10/10/2008
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.157203
PMID: 18999634

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Abstract

The magnetic circular dichroism of III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors, calculated within a theoretical framework suitable for highly disordered materials, is shown to be dominated by optical transitions between the bulk bands and an impurity band formed from magnetic dopant states. The real-space Green's functions incorporate spatial correlations in the disordered conduction band and valence-band electronic structure, and include extended and localized states on an equal basis. Our findings reconcile unusual trends in the experimental magnetic circular dichroism in III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors with the antiferromagnetic p-d exchange interaction between a magnetic dopant spin and its host.
Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology

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