Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Cr-Doped AlN

To understand the electronic and magnetic properties, we have studied Cr-doped zinc-blende AlN system in detail by applying a first-principle plane wave pseudopotential method based on the density functional theory within the local spin density approximation. The analyses of the band structures, density of states, exchange interactions, and magnetic moments show that Al1-xCrxN alloys may exhibit a half-metallic ferromagnetism character, that Cr in the diluted doping limit forms near-midgap deep levels, and that the total magnetization of the cell is 3μB per Cr atom, which does not change with Cr concentration. Moreover, we have succeeded in predicting that Al1-xCrzN alloys in x = 0.0625 has a very high Curie temperature, and lind that ferromagnetic exchange interaction between magnetic dopants is short-ranged.     

V,Cr,Mn掺杂MoS2磁性的第一性原理研究

基于第一性原理的自旋极化密度泛函理论分别研究了过渡金属V, Cr, Mn掺杂单层MoS₂的电子结构、 磁性和稳定性. 结果表明: V和Mn单掺杂均能产生一定的磁矩, 而磁矩主要集中在掺杂的过渡金属原子上, Cr单掺杂时体系不显示磁性. 进一步讨论双原子掺杂MoS₂ 体系中掺杂原子之间的磁耦合作用发现, Mn掺杂的体系在室温下显示出稳定的铁磁性, 而V掺杂则表现出非自旋极化基态. 形成能的计算表明Mn掺杂的MoS₂体系相对V和Cr 掺杂结构更稳定. 由于Mn掺杂的MoS₂ 不仅在室温下可以获得比较好的铁磁性而且其稳定性很高, 有望在自旋电子器件方面发挥重要的作用. 关键词： 2')" href="#">单层MoS₂ 掺杂 铁磁态 第一性原理     

掺杂GaN/AlN超晶格第一性原理计算研究

第一性原理计算方法在解释实验现象和预测新材料结构及其性质上有着重要作用. 因此, 通过基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理的方法, 本文系统地研究了Mg和Si掺杂闪锌矿和纤锌矿两种晶体结构的GaN/AlN超晶格体系中的能量稳定性以及电学性质. 结果表明: 在势阱层(GaN 层)中, 掺杂原子在体系中的掺杂形成能不随掺杂位置的变化而发生变化, 在势垒层(AlN层)中也是类似的情况, 这表明对于掺杂原子来说, 替代势垒层(或势阱层)中的任意阳离子都是等同的; 然而, 相比势阱层和势垒层的掺杂形成能却有很大的不同, 并且势阱层的掺杂形成能远低于势垒层的掺杂形成能, 即掺杂元素(Mg_Ga, Mg_Al, Si_Ga和Si_Al)在势阱区域的形成能更低, 这表明杂质原子更易掺杂于结构的势阱层中. 此外, 闪锌矿更低的形成能表明: 闪锌矿结构的超晶格体系比纤锌矿结构的超晶格体系更易于实现掺杂; 其中, 闪锌矿结构中, 负的形成能表明: 当Mg原子掺入闪锌矿结构的势阱层中会自发引起缺陷. 由此, 制备以闪锌矿结构超晶格体系为基底的p型半导体超晶格比制备n型半导体超晶格需要的能量更低并且更为容易制备. 对于纤锌矿体系来说, 制备p型和n型半导体的难易程度基本相同. 电子态密度对掺杂体系的稳定性和电学性质进一步分析发现, 掺杂均使得体系的带隙减小, 掺杂前后仍然为第一类半导体. 综上所述, 本文内容为当前实验中关于纤锌矿结构难以实现p型掺杂问题提供了一种新的技术思路, 即可通过调控相结构实现其p型掺杂.     

La$lt;sub$gt;0.4$lt;/sub$gt;Ca$lt;sub$gt;0.6$lt;/sub$gt;MnO$lt;sub$gt;3$lt;/sub$gt;中Mn-位Fe和Cr掺杂对磁性质的影响

研究了Fe和Cr掺杂对La_0.4Ca_0.6MnO₃ 中电荷有序反铁磁基态的调控作用. 磁性质的测量结果表明, 两种离子掺杂均能有效抑制原型样品中的长程电荷有序相, 但是Fe离子掺杂样品均具有反铁磁的基态, 而Cr掺杂样品中则出现了显著的铁磁性. 结合电输运测量结果显示, Cr掺杂引起的铁磁态同时具有金属性, 表明其中是电子双交换作用占主导. 对比两种掺杂离子的电子结构发现, Cr离子空的e_g电子轨道促进了电子双交换作用, 而Fe掺杂则只是引入了不同的自旋交换作用, 导致自旋无序. 关键词： 磁性氧化物 反铁磁     

Exchange mechanism of half-metallic ferromagnetism of TiO2 doped with double impurities: A first-principles ASW study

The electronic structure and ferromagnetic properties of rutile TiO₂ doped with double-impurities Ti_1−2xCr_xMn_xO₂ has been investigated using first-principles calculations within the density-functional theory (DFT) and the local density approximation (LDA), functional for treating the effects of exchange and correlation. They were performed using the scalar-relativistic implementation of the augmented spherical wave (ASW). The advantages of doping TiO₂ with double impurities instead of single impurities are the increase of the total moment of the system and the exhibition of the half-metallic ferromagnetic nature in Cr- and Mn-doped TiO₂ rutile. These behaviors are due to the hybridization of Cr 3d states and nearest-neighboring O 2p states. The spin-spin interaction between magnetic impurities examined by the total energy between parallel and antiparallel aligned states indicated that the Cr and Mn impurities are energetically favorable to be parallel coupled, which mean that the ferromagnetic state is more stable than the ferrimagnetic one. We proposed a bond magnetic polarons (BMP) model, based on localized carriers, to explain the mechanism of ferromagnetism in these systems.     

Ab initio calculation and analysis of the properties of digital magnetic heterostructures and diluted magnetic semiconductors of IV and III-V groups

We present the first-principles calculations of digital magnetic heterostructures Si/M, Ge/M. GaAs/M, GaSb/M, GaN/M and GaN/M (50%) with M=Cr, Mn, Fe, and Co. The interaction between magnetic dopants results in a wide spin-polarized two-dimensional band inside the gap. It is found that beginning occupation of the minority-spin band greatly increases the energy of the ferromagnetic (FM) state and leads, as a rule, to the antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin ordering. This mechanism causes transition to the AFM state, when interaction between magnetic atoms is too strong, and defines the optimum of Curie temperature as a function of transition element concentration in magnetic layers.     

TM掺杂的Ⅲ-Ⅴ族稀磁半导体电磁性质的第一原理计算

使用基于自旋局域密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法对3d过渡金属(TM=V，Cr，Mn，Fe，Co和Ni)掺杂的Ⅲ-Ⅴ族半导体(GaAs和GaP)的电磁性质进行了计算.结果发现：用V，Cr和Mn掺杂时体系将出现铁磁状态，而Fe掺杂时将出现反铁磁状态，Co和Ni掺杂时，其磁性则不稳定.其中，Cr掺杂的GaAs和GaP将可能是具有较高居里温度的稀磁半导体(DMS).在这些DMS系统中，V离子的磁矩大于理论期待值，Fe，Co和Ni离子的磁矩小于理论期待值，Cr和Mn离子的磁矩与期待值的差距取决于晶体的对称性以及磁性离子的能带分布.此外，使用Si和Mn共同对Ⅲ-Ⅴ族半导体进行掺杂，将有利于DMS表现为铁磁状态，并可以使体系的T_C进一步提高. 关键词： 稀磁半导体 过渡金属 掺杂 共掺杂     

p，n型掺杂剂与Mn共掺杂GaN的电磁性质

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势法计算Mg,Zn,Si,O和Mn共掺GaN,分析比较共掺杂后的电子结构和磁学性质,并分别用平均场近似的海森伯模型和Zener理论估算共掺杂后体系的居里温度（T_C）.计算表明：共掺杂后体系均在能隙深处产生自旋极化杂质带,具有半金属性,能产生自旋注入.p型共掺杂（GaN：Mn-Mg＼Zn）后体系具有较GaN：Mn更稳定的FM态且能使T_C升高;而n型共掺杂（GaN：Mn-Si＼O）后体系FM态稳定性 关键词： Mg Zn Si O和Mn共掺GaN 第一性原理 T_C）')" href="#">居里温度（T_C）     

Titanium atoms dimerization phenomenon and magnetic properties of titanium-antisite (TiO) and chromium doped rutile TiO2, ab-initio calculation

The ab-initio calculations based on the Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation approach combined with coherent potential approximation (KKR-CPA), were used to study the magnetic properties of the titanium anti-site (Ti_O) and chromium (Cr) doped TiO₂. In the considered systems, we used different concentrations for Ti_O defect and Cr doping. In TiO_2(0.98)(Ti_O)_0.02, the obtained results indicate that Ti_O is a donor having half-metal behavior. Ti_O[3d] band is located at the Fermi level, although isn’t 100% polarized, the ferromagnetic (FM) state is verified as being more stable than disordered local moment (DLM) state. For Ti_0.98Cr_0.02O₂ the Cr doping introduced new states which give the material half-metallic feature. The majority spin of Cr impurities are located at the Fermi level and the conduction electrons around the Fermi level are 100% spin polarized. This indicates the stability of (FM) state. Moreover, in Ti_0.98Cr_0.02O_2(0.98)(Ti_O)_0.02, the top of the valence band is shifted to lower energy compared to pure TiO₂, and the n-type of TiO₂ is verified. The majority spin of Cr[3d] are located at 0.025 Ry close to the Fermi level. The predicted Curie temperatures (Tc) were calculated using the mean field approximation (MFA) and we predicted that Ti_O defect in Cr doped TiO₂ makes Tc higher. This kind of defect makes the material useful for spinotronics's applications and devices.     

Ru掺杂对闪锌矿ZnO磁光机理的影响

采用第一性原理方法,计算了Ru掺杂量为3.125 mt%—9.375 mt%范围内闪锌矿ZnO的电子结构、磁性参数和光学性质.计算结果表明,Ru掺杂量越高,体系的形成能越低,掺杂越容易,体系稳定性越高. Ru掺杂量为3.125 mt%时,体系表现出铁磁性;Ru掺杂量为6.25 mt%时,Ru-Ru间距为0.5671 nm的体系表现出铁磁性,Ru-Ru间距为0.4630 nm的体系表现出反铁磁性;Ru掺杂量为9.375 mt%时,体系表现出亚铁磁性.铁磁性系统的Ru-4d态在费米能级附近发生了明显的自旋劈裂效应,磁矩主要来源于Ru-4d态和O-2p态.上述特性说明,通过控制Ru在ZnO中的掺杂方式以及浓度,可以实现体系磁性的转变.在红外和远红外区域,掺杂对光学性质有较为显著的影响,各个掺杂方式均使该区域的吸收系数和反射率显著增大.这表明Ru掺杂闪锌矿ZnO可应用于磁、光一体的半导体材料.     

Significant enhancement of ferromagnetism in Zn1-xCrxTe doped with iodine as an n-type dopant

The effect of additional doping of charge impurities was investigated in a ferromagnetic semiconductor Zn1-xCrxTe. It was found that the doping of iodine, which is expected to act as an n-type dopant in ZnTe, brought about a drastic enhancement of the ferromagnetism in Zn1-xCrxTe, while the grown films remained electrically insulating. In particular, at a fixed Cr composition of x=0.05, the ferromagnetic transition temperature TC increased up to 300 K at maximum due to the iodine doping from TC=30 K of the undoped counterpart, while the ferromagnetism disappeared due to the doping of nitrogen as a p-type dopant. The observed systematic correlation of ferromagnetism with the doping of charge impurities of both the p and n type, suggesting a key role of the position of Fermi level within the impurity d state, is discussed on the basis of the double-exchange interaction as a mechanism of ferromagnetism in this material.     

Theoretical study of the magnetic interaction of Cr-doped ZnO with and without vacancies

First-principles density-functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to study the magnetic properties of ZnO:Cr with and without vacancies. The results indicate that the doping of Cr in ZnO induces obvious spin polarization around the Fermi level and a total magnetic moment of 3.77μ_B. The ferromagnetism (FM) exchange interaction between Cr atoms is short-ranged and decreases with increasing Cr separation distance. It is suggested that the FM state is not stable with low concentration of Cr. The presence of O vacancies can make the half-metallic FM state of the system more stable, so that higher Curie temperature ferromagnetism may be expected. Nevertheless, Zn vacancies can result in the FM stability decreasing slightly. The calculated formation energy shows that V_Zn+Cr_Zn complex forms spontaneously under O-rich conditions. However, under Zn-rich conditions, the complex of V_O+Cr_Zn forms more easily. Thus, ZnO doped with Cr may exhibit a concentration of vacancies that influence the magnetic properties.     

First principle study of nitrogen vacancy in aluminium nitride

In the framework of density functional theory, using the plane-wave pseudopotential method, the nitrogen vacancy ($V_{\rm N})$ in both wurtzite and zinc-blende AlN is studied by the supercell approach. The atom configuration, density of states, and formation energies of various charge states are calculated. Two defect states are introduced by the defect, which are a doubly occupied single state above the valance band maximum (VBM) and a singly occupied triple state below the conduction band minimum (CBM) for wurtzite AlN and above the CBM for zinc-blende AlN. So $V_{\rm N}$ acts as a deep donor in wurtzite AlN and a shallow donor in zinc-blende AlN. A thermodynamic transition level $E({3 + } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{3 + } + }} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} + )$ with very low formation energy appears at 0.7 and 0.6eV above the VBM in wurtzite and zinc-blende structure respectively, which may have a wide shift to the low energy side if atoms surrounding the defect are not fully relaxed. Several other transition levels appear in the upper part of the bandgap. The number of these levels decreases with the structure relaxation. However, these levels are unimportant to AlN properties because of their high formation energy.     

Cu、Ag和Au掺杂AlN的电磁性质的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论（DFT）的平面波超软赝势法,研究了Cu、Ag、Au掺杂AlN的晶格常数、磁矩、能带结构和态密度。电子结构表明,Cu、Ag、Au的掺杂使在带隙中引入了由杂质原子的d态与近邻N原子的2p态杂化而成的杂质带,都为p型掺杂,增强了体系的导电性。Cu掺杂AlN具有半金属铁磁性,半金属能隙为0.442eV,理论上可实现100%的自旋载流子注入;Ag掺杂AlN具有很弱的半金属铁磁性;而Au掺杂AlN不具有半金属铁磁性。因此,与Ag、Au相比,Cu更适合用来制作AlN基稀磁半导体。     

Defect-induced strong ferromagnetism in Cr-doped In2O3 from first-principles theory

We demonstrate by means of first-principles calculations that the high Curie temperature observed in Cr-doped In₂O₃ is mediated by intrinsic p-type defects, namely In vacancies or O interstitials. Charge transfer from Cr 3d states to the hole states formed by these defects makes Cr ions in the mixed valence state, giving rise to a strong ferromagnetic coupling. Calculated formation energies of various defects also show that doping Cr in In₂O₃ could greatly lower the formation energies of p-type intrinsic defects even in oxygen-deficient growth conditions. These results advance our understanding of the underlying physics of diluted magnetic oxides.     

Magnetic properties of Li and Fe co-doped NiO

The substitution of Fe within a NiO lattice produces significant ferromagnetic properties with a coercive field of 614 Oe with a high Curie temperature. Simultaneous doping of Fe and Li reduces the magnetic transition temperature significantly. A large coercive field of 1716 Oe at 5 K is observed in Li doped systems. Random substitution of non-magnetic Li induces a spin glass phase in diluted NiO. Electrical conductivity increases with doping of Fe and Li in NiO.     

Half-metallicity and efficient spin injection in AlN/GaN:Cr (0001) heterostructure

First-principles investigations of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Cr-doped AlN/GaN (0001) heterostructures reveal the possibility of efficient spin injection from a ferromagnetic GaN:Cr electrode through an AlN tunnel barrier. We demonstrate that Cr atoms segregate into the GaN region and that these interfaces retain their half-metallic behavior leading to a complete, i.e., 100%, spin polarization of the conduction electrons. This property makes the wide band-gap nitrides doped with Cr to be excellent candidates for high-efficiency magnetoelectronic devices.     

Structural, thermodynamic and electronic properties of zinc-blende AlN from first-principles calculations

Structural, thermodynamic and electronic properties of zinc-blende AlN under pressure are investigated by first-principles calculations based on the plane-wave basis set. Through the analysis of enthalpy variation of AlN in the zinc-blende (ZB) and the rock-salt (RS) structures with pressure, we find the phase transition of AlN from ZB to RS structure occurs at 6.7 GPa. By using the quasi-harmonic Debye model, we obtain the heat capacity C_V, Debye temperature Θ_D, Grüneisen parameter γ and thermal expansion coefficient α. The electronic properties including fundamental energy gaps and hydrostatic deformation potentials are investigated and the dependence of energy gaps on pressure is analysed.     

过渡金属与碳共掺ZnO磁光学性质的第一性原理研究

采用密度泛函理论第一性原理超软赝势的方法,计算了过渡金属与C共掺杂ZnO的磁学和光学性质. 计算结果表明,共掺杂均导致费米能级发生移动,掺杂体系共价性强弱发生变化,且共掺杂更有利于高居里温度铁磁性半导体的实现;为了进一步分析掺杂体系的磁学性质,研究了其铁磁态与反铁磁态的能量差、空间电荷和自旋密度分布．各种类型掺杂体系在高能区的光学性质与纯净ZnO几乎一致,而在低能区却存在较大差异,结合电子结构定性解释了光学性质的变化.     

Effects of disorder on the Curie temperature of GaMnN, GaCrN, InCrN, and InMnN diluted magnetic semiconductors

The critical Curie temperatures of ordered and disordered diluted magnetic semiconductors based on GaN, InN, CrN, and MnN compounds are investigated using the classical Heisenberg model within the mean field approximation. The equilibrium structural lattice parameters of all the structures investigated are obtained from first principles. We show that the Curie T_c temperatures of disordered GaN and InN doped with small concentrations of Mn and Cr depends, to a great extent, on the Mn and Cr concentrations. Our calculations on these systems show that a T_c above room-temperature can be observed in these systems and it is affected greatly by the degree of disorder of Mn and Cr randomly distributed on the Ga and In sites. In addition, the ferromagnetic stability in these diluted magnetic semiconductors is studied systematically. Our results indicate that 3d Mn and Cr impurity states in GaN and InN favor the ferromagnetic state rather than the spin-glass phase.