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Observation of Mn2+ Triplet Clusters and Non-Nearest-Neighbor Exchange Effect in (Cd,Mn)Te

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Xiaomei Wang
Affiliation:
Also Department of Physics
D. Heiman
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02139
S. Foner
Affiliation:
Also Department of Physics
P. Becla
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS), such as Cd1−xMnxTe, are excellent hosts for the study of disordered magnetic systems. In these diluted random alloys, neighboring magnetic ions form clusters through short range spin exchange interactions. A number of experiments [1-8] have been devoted to the investigation of the nearest-neighbor (NN) coupled magnetic ion pairs, by measuring the quantized total spin in a field. In (Cd,Mn)Te, the obtained NN exchange constant J1 is -6.1K[7,8]. However, to understand full range of magnetic and optical phenomena in DMS, it is important to explore the behavior of clusters larger than pairs and interactions beyond NN.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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