The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor

Spintronics devices offer a multifunctional platform for manipulating charge and spin, underpinning advances in non-volatile memory, rapid data processing, low power consumption, and high integration density. Achieving these benefits requires semiconductor materials doped with magnetic impurities, s...

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Main Author: Zeleke Deressa Gerbi
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Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2024-12-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0222270
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description Spintronics devices offer a multifunctional platform for manipulating charge and spin, underpinning advances in non-volatile memory, rapid data processing, low power consumption, and high integration density. Achieving these benefits requires semiconductor materials doped with magnetic impurities, such as transition metals, to form diluted magnetic semiconductors that exhibit both ferromagnetic and semiconducting properties. This study explores the theoretical influence of temperature and dopant concentration on the magnetic properties of manganese-doped Zn1−xMnxTe using the equation of motion approach within the Green’s function formalism. A Heisenberg-type Hamiltonian was developed and solved to derive expressions for magnon number, magnon heat capacity, and system magnetization as functions of temperature and dopant concentration (x = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05). Results reveal that magnon number and heat capacity increase with temperature but decrease with higher dopant concentration. Conversely, system magnetization diminishes with temperature while increasing dopant concentration enhances magnetization and raises the ferromagnetic critical temperature.
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spelling doaj-art-b85d2275c8d642d8a61a248a80e281c02025-01-02T17:23:45ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262024-12-011412125326125326-1310.1063/5.0222270The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductorZeleke Deressa Gerbi0Department of Physics, Ambo University, P.O. Box 19, Ambo, EthiopiaSpintronics devices offer a multifunctional platform for manipulating charge and spin, underpinning advances in non-volatile memory, rapid data processing, low power consumption, and high integration density. Achieving these benefits requires semiconductor materials doped with magnetic impurities, such as transition metals, to form diluted magnetic semiconductors that exhibit both ferromagnetic and semiconducting properties. This study explores the theoretical influence of temperature and dopant concentration on the magnetic properties of manganese-doped Zn1−xMnxTe using the equation of motion approach within the Green’s function formalism. A Heisenberg-type Hamiltonian was developed and solved to derive expressions for magnon number, magnon heat capacity, and system magnetization as functions of temperature and dopant concentration (x = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05). Results reveal that magnon number and heat capacity increase with temperature but decrease with higher dopant concentration. Conversely, system magnetization diminishes with temperature while increasing dopant concentration enhances magnetization and raises the ferromagnetic critical temperature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0222270
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The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
AIP Advances
title The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_full The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_fullStr The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_full_unstemmed The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_short The effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride (Zn1−xMnxTe) diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_sort effect of temperature and dopant concentration on ferromagnetic properties of manganese doped zinc telluride zn1 xmnxte diluted magnetic semiconductor
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0222270
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