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(Ga,Mn)As中磁晶各向异性的系统理论研究及其与实验的比较

Magneto crystalline anisotropies in (Ga,Mn)As: A systematic theoretical study and comparison with experiment

J. Zemen, J. Kucera, K. Olejnik, T. Jungwirth

摘要:

我们提出了一个理论调查(Ga,Mn)As外延层的磁晶各向异性和比较现有的实验数据的计算。我们的模型是基于包络函数描述的价带孔和自旋表示为他们的动力学交换相互作用与本地化的电子Mn离子,在平均场近似处理。对于外延生长诱导晶格匹配应变,我们研究了面内到面外的易轴重取向作为Mn局部矩浓度,空穴浓度和温度的函数。接下来,我们集中在竞争的面内立方和单轴各向异性。我们添加了一个面内剪切应变的有效哈密顿,以捕捉测量数据在裸露的,未图案化的外延层,我们提供了这种方法的微观理由。然后,该模型扩展的平面内单轴应变和用于直接描述实验与应变控制的postgrowth光刻或附加压电应力。计算的易轴方向和各向异性场在较宽的参数范围内与实验半定量一致。

英文摘要:

We present a theoretical survey of magnetocrystalline anisotropies in (Ga,Mn)As epilayers and compare the calculations to available experimental data. Our model is based on an envelope function description of the valence band holes and a spin representation for their kinetic-exchange interaction with localised electrons on Mn ions, treated in the mean-field approximation. For epilayers with growth induced lattice-matching strains we study in-plane to out-of-plane easy-axis reorientations as a function of Mn local-moment concentration, hole concentration, and temperature. Next we focus on the competition of in-plane cubic and uniaxial anisotropies. We add an in-plane shear strain to the effective Hamiltonian in order to capture measured data in bare, unpatterned epilayers, and we provide microscopic justification for this approach. The model is then extended by an in-plane uniaxial strain and used to directly describe experiments with strains controlled by postgrowth lithography or attaching a piezo stressor. The calculated easy-axis directions and anisotropy fields are in semiquantitative agreement with experiment in a wide parameter range.

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