Theory of Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Wells
arXiv:cond-mat/0001391 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15606
Abstract
We present a mean field theory of ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum wells. When subband mixing due to exchange interactions between quantum well free carriers and magnetic impurities is neglected, analytic result can be obtained for the dependence of the critical temperature and the spontaneous magnetization on the distribution of magnetic impurities and the quantum well width. The validity of this approximate theory has been tested by comparing its predictions with those from numerical self-consistent field calculations. Interactions among free carriers, accounted for using the local-spin-density approximation, substantially enhance the critical temperature. We demonstrate that an external bias potential can tune the critical temperature through a wide range.
4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
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