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Co离子在{10 \bar{1} 0} ZnO表面附近的磁相互作用

Magnetic interaction of Co ions near the {10\bar{1}0} ZnO surface

Thomas Archer, Chaitanya Das Pemmaraju, Stefano Sanvito

摘要:

Co掺杂的ZnO是典型的稀磁氧化物,表现出铁磁性的许多特性。然而,长程序的微观起源仍然是难以捉摸的,因为磁相互作用的传统机制,如超交换和双交换,在基本或定量水平上失败。有趣的是,越来越多的证据表明,点状或扩展形式的缺陷在驱动磁序中起着重要作用。在这里,我们探索这样的可能性之一,通过执行{ \it从头算}密度泛函理论计算的磁相互作用的Co离子在或附近的ZnO \{10 $\bar{1}$ 0\}表面。我们发现,扩展的表面状态可以杂交的$e$ -水平的Co和有效地调解的磁秩序,虽然这样的机制是有效的,只有离子放置在第一个几个原子平面附近的表面。我们还发现,磁各向异性的变化在表面从难轴易平面的易轴,其幅度的相关增加。然后,我们得出结论,具有高密度的表面钴离子的集群可能会显示阻塞温度远高于在散装。

英文摘要:

Co-doped ZnO is the prototypical dilute magnetic oxide showing many of the characteristics of ferromagnetism. The microscopic origin of the long range order however remains elusive, since the conventional mechanisms for the magnetic interaction, such as super-exchange and double exchange, fail either at the fundamental or at a quantitative level. Intriguingly, there is a growing evidence that defects both in point-like or extended form play a fundamental role in driving the magnetic order. Here we explore one of such possibilities by performing {\it ab initio} density functional theory calculations for the magnetic interaction of Co ions at or near a ZnO \{10$\bar{1}$0\} surface. We find that extended surface states can hybridize with the $e$-levels of Co and efficiently mediate the magnetic order, although such a mechanism is effective only for ions placed in the first few atomic planes near the surface. We also find that the magnetic anisotropy changes at the surface from an hard-axis easy-plane to an easy axis, with an associated increase of its magnitude. We then conclude that clusters with high densities of surfacial Co ions may display blocking temperatures much higher than in the bulk.

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