Single-site approximation for the s-f model in ferromagnetic semiconductors.
Single-site approximation for the s-f model in ferromagnetic semiconductors.
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铁磁半导体中 s-f 模型的单点近似。
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.54.11298
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
Kazuhiro Mitsui
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作者:
Masao Takahashi;Kazuhiro Mitsui
The conduction-electron state in a ferromagnetic semiconductor is studied theoretically by applying the coherent-potential approximation to the {ital s}-{ital f} model. In order to consider multiple scattering at ferromagnetic temperatures, we first derive the {ital t}-matrix elements of the {ital s}-{ital f} exchange interaction for a single {ital f} spin embedded in the effective medium, where a conduction electron is subjected to complex potential, {Sigma}{sub {up_arrow}} or {Sigma}{sub {down_arrow}}, according to the orientation of its spin. Using the mean-field theory for fluctuating {ital f} spins, the variation of the density of states with temperature is investigated for various values of {ital IS}/{ital W}. Here {ital IS} is the exchange interaction energy and {ital W} is the bandwidth of the conduction band. The anomalous redshift of the optical-absorption edge and the temperature dependence of the electron-spin polarization, experimentally observed in EuO and EuS, can be explained consistently within this approximation. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}