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Electronic structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductors Pb1−xSnxTe:Yb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Evgenii Skipetrov ,
Elena Zvereva ,
Olga Volkova ,
Alexander Golubev  and
Vasiliy Slyn'ko
Evgenii Skipetrov
Affiliation:
Low Temperature Physics Department, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, RUSSIA
Elena Zvereva
Affiliation:
Low Temperature Physics Department, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, RUSSIA
Olga Volkova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, RUSSIA
Alexander Golubev
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, RUSSIA
Vasiliy Slyn'ko
Affiliation:
Institute of Material Science Problems, Chernovtsy, 274001, UKRAINE
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Abstract

The galvanomagnetic effects in the new diluted magnetic semiconductors Pb1−xSnxTe:Yb were studied to determine the parameters of the electronic structure and to elucidate its influence on the magnetic properties. It was found that the temperature dependencies of the resistivity ρ and the Hall coefficient RH have a “metallic” character, however the RH changes in anomalous manner: its value increases more than by order of magnitude and then passes through maximum with increasing the temperature. Upon an increase of the ytterbium concentration the hole concentration decreases by more than order of magnitude. The results were explained assuming a formation of deep ytterbium-induced defect level in the valence band of the alloys, which moves up to its top with increasing the ytterbium concentration and pins the Fermi level within the valence band. The energy position of the Fermi level was calculated in the frame of two-band dispersion law and used to determine the position of Yb level in the alloys. The diagram of the charge carrier energy spectrum under varying the alloy composition was built.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 825: Symposium G – Semiconductor Spintronics , 2004 , G5.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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