Spin dynamics in the diluted ferromagnetic Kondo lattice model

The interplay of disorder and competing interactions is investigated in the carrier-induced ferromagnetic state of the Kondo lattice model within a numerical finite-size study in which disorder is treated exactly. Competition between impurity spin couplings, stability of the ferromagnetic state, and magnetic transition temperature are quantitatively investigated in terms of magnon properties for different models including dilution, disorder, and weakly-coupled spins. A strong optimization is obtained for T_c at hole doping p << x, highlighting the importance of compensation in diluted magnetic semiconductors. The estimated T_c is in good agreement with experimental results for Ga_{1-x}Mn_x As for corresponding impurity concentration, hole bandwidth, and compensation. Finite-temperature spin dynamics is quantitatively studied within a locally self-consistent magnon renormalization scheme, which yields a substantial enhancement in T_c due to spin clustering, and highlights the nearly-paramagnetic spin dynamics of weakly-coupled spins. The large enhancement in density of low-energy magnetic excitations due to disorder and competing interactions results in a strong thermal decay of magnetization, which fits well with the Bloch form M_0(1-BT^{3/2}) at low temperature, with B of same order of magnitude as obtained in recent squid magnetization measurements on Ga_{1-x}Mn_x As samples.Comment: 13 pages, 14 figure

Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal in the Exchange-Biased MnO/(Ga,Mn)As Heterostructure Studied by Ferromagnetic Resonance

We report ferromagnetic resonance study of the magnetization reversal in the exchange-coupled MnO/(Ga,Mn)As system. The low-field parts of ferromagnetic resonance spectra measured along [1/10] and [100] directions of (Ga,Mn)As were combined into hysteresis loops, which under field-cooling conditions similarly to SQUID loops are shifted toward negative magnetic fields. The magnetization reversal process revealed by the loops occurred remarkably asymmetric for both sample configurations

CdSe/ZnS Colloidal Quantum Dots with Alloyed Core/Shell Interfaces: A Photoluminescence Dynamics Study

Time-resolved photon counting technique was employed to study dynamics of photoluminescence from the ensemble and single CdSe/ZnS quantum dots with the alloyed core/shell interfaces. The ensemble data revealed enhanced effect of disorder-induced trap states for increasing emission energy, as implied from the changes in the distribution of total decay rates. The emission trajectories collected for single quantum dots showed familiar, two-state blinking pattern. It suggests that in a large-band-offset CdSe/ZnS system, the introduced alloying of the core-to-shell region cannot smooth enough the confinement potential in order to suppress nonradiative Auger recombination and blinking

Ferromagnetic resonance study of exchange coupled (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs/(Ga,Mn)As heterostructures

36th International School on the Physics of Semiconducting Compounds, Jaszowiec, POLAND, JUN 09-15, 2007International audienceFerromagnetic resonance study of the exchange coupled (Ga,Mn)As/ GaAs/(Ga,Mn)As heterostructures is reported. The measurements were performed on the series of samples with varying thicknesses d(GaAs) of nonmagnetic GaAs spacer, established d(GaAs)-dependent extent of weak and strong interlayer exchange coupling, judging on the observation of one or two ferromagnetic resonance modes

EPR Spectra of Multispin Systems. Application to Poly-m-p-Aniline

In this communication we present NiceMagnetic, software for simulations and analysis of EPR spectrum and SQUID measurements. Systems of arbitrary number N of spin-only magnetic moments (S ≤ 0 and L = 0) were considered within the lines of the Heisenberg and Zeeman Hamiltonians. Effective algorithms used for the computations are discussed. This includes modified secant method adapted to calculate resonance fields with demanded precision. Finally, application of NiceMagnetic to experimental SQUID magnetization and EPR spectra of poly-m-p-aniline, one of recently synthesized high spin polymers containing unpaired electrons will be presented. As a result, exchange integral between electron and nitrogen nuclei spins (ligand hyperfine interaction) J = 6.3 × 10$\text{}^{-4}$ cm$\text{}^{-1}$ was estimated

EPR Spectra of Multispin Systems. Application to Poly-m-p-Aniline

In this communication we present NiceMagnetic, software for simulations and analysis of EPR spectrum and SQUID measurements. Systems of arbitrary number N of spin-only magnetic moments (S ≤ 0 and L = 0) were considered within the lines of the Heisenberg and Zeeman Hamiltonians. Effective algorithms used for the computations are discussed. This includes modified secant method adapted to calculate resonance fields with demanded precision. Finally, application of NiceMagnetic to experimental SQUID magnetization and EPR spectra of poly-m-p-aniline, one of recently synthesized high spin polymers containing unpaired electrons will be presented. As a result, exchange integral between electron and nitrogen nuclei spins (ligand hyperfine interaction) J = 6.3 × 10$\text{}^{-4}$ cm$\text{}^{-1}$ was estimated

Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Fe/(Ga,Mn)As Hybrids

Thin-film structures composed of two kinds of ferromagnetic material - metallic Fe and semiconducting (Ga,Mn)As - were investigated by means of SQUID magnetometry and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Dependence of remnant magnetic moment on temperature showed unexpected anisotropic features when recorded along two orthogonal in-plane directions. For one of these orientations, the change in sign of the slope of m(T) curve at the Curie point of (Ga,Mn)As was observed, while for the other, an analogous m(T) curve retained monotonic character. Based on the comparison with ferromagnetic resonance data, the apparent non-monotonicity was attributed to the temperature-induced change of balance between the external magnetic field and uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in the plane of Fe layer