Module 2 : Systems under technological importance

Lecture 12 : Inorganic semiconductors -Magnetic materials - 2

 

  • IV-VI semiconductors
    (Sn,Mn)Te, (Ge,Mn)Te, (Pb,Mn)Te etc.
    structure: NaCl

narrow gap, p-type semiconductors

Ge1–xMnxTe:
Cochrane et al., PRB 9, 3013 (1974)

x = 0.01 Tc = 2.3 K
… …
x = 0.50 Tc = 167 K

good Mn solubility, highly p-doped,
a metal at high x

(Pb,Mn)Te: low hole concentration, no ferromagnetism, spin glass?

(Pb,Sn,Mn)Te: Story et al., PRL 56, 777 (1986)
magnetic interaction is sensitive to hole concentration and long ranged