Electron correlations in MnxGa1-xAs as seen by resonant electron spectroscopy and dynamical mean field theory
Journal article, 2013

After two decades since the discovery of ferromagnetism in manganese-doped gallium arsenide, its origin is still debated, and many doubts are related to the electronic structure. Here we report an experimental and theoretical study of the valence electron spectrum of manganese-doped gallium arsenide. The experimental data are obtained through the differences between off- and on-resonance photo emission data. The theoretical spectrum is calculated by means of a combination of density-functional theory in the local density approximation and dynamical mean field theory, using exact diagonalization as impurity solver. Theory is found to accurately reproduce measured data and illustrates the importance of correlation effects. Our results demonstrate that the manganese states extend over a broad range of energy, including the top of the valence band, and that no impurity band splits-off from the valence band edge, whereas the induced holes seem located primarily around the manganese impurity.

(GA

MN)AS

DILUTE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS

MODEL

FERROMAGNETISM

BAND

PHOTOEMISSION

LEVEL

GA1-XMNXAS

PHASE

CURIE-TEMPERATURE

Author

I. Di Marco

Uppsala University

P. Thunstrom

Uppsala University

M. I. Katsnelson

Radboud University

J. Sadowski

Polish Academy of Sciences

Lund University

K. Karlsson

University of Skövde

S. Lebegue

University of Lorraine

Janusz Kanski

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Solid State Physics

O. Eriksson

Uppsala University

Nature Communications

2041-1723 (ISSN) 20411723 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 6-

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.1038/ncomms3645

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