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This research paper explores the structural, electronic, magnetic, elastic, dynamic, and thermoelectric properties of sp-based half-Heusler (HH) RbBaX (X = Si and Ge) compounds using density functional theory (DFT) and the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method within the WIEN2k software package. We evaluate the exchange correlation potential using two different approaches: The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and the modified Becke–Johnson approach. We observe that RbBaX (X = Si and Ge) adopts a ferromagnetic configuration based on the analysis of total energy against volume. We establish that these alloys possess a genuine half-metallic character because of the full spin polarization observed at the Fermi level in their electronic spectrum. Both compounds under investigation have a total magnetic moment of 1.00 μ B, in agreement with the Slater–Pauling principle. The Born stability criteria for cubic structures and phonon dispersion patterns confirm the mechanical and dynamic stability of RbBaX (X = Si and Ge) alloys. The thermoelectric properties reveal a p-type semiconductor nature, characterized by significant positive Seebeck values. The thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) calculated for both alloys at 300 K approaches unity, highlighting their remarkable thermoelectric efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we have explored the electronic and magnetic properties of MS2(M = Co , Ni) using first-principles calculations. Our data show rather high tunability of the electronic and magnetic properties of the alloy Co 1 − x NixS2 (0. 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. 0) with the emergence of half-metallicity that persisted up to the intermediate doping concentration. The half-metallic ground state is characterized by large spin polarization at the Fermi level ( E F ). Beyond the critical doping concentration x ∼ 0. 6 , we obtained a metallic solution followed by an antiferromagnetic ground state at a larger doping concentration. This study provides the underlying physics to understand the low-energy Hilbert space and reports the role of the Fermi surface in controlling the electron transport and thus elucidating the anomalous electronic and magnetic behavior of Co 1 − x NixS2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Periodic nanostructure is a novel method to manipulate the electronic properties in electronics. An efficient method in this paper is proposed to judge whether m identical periods' magnetic nanostructure is a periodic structure by judging whether its physical structure and its magnetic vector potential structure both keep periodic. By investigating the influence of the δ -doping potential on the electron transport properties with m identical periods' magnetic barrier nanostructure of InAs system, it shows that, firstly, the resonant peak of transmission probability, conductance, and spin polarization has been induced by splitting into (2 m − 1) folds with m units nanostructure, respectively, especially when the resonant peak of transmission probability is almost close to 1 as the incident energy is lower; secondly, the height of δ -doping potential has an extensive influence on the resonant peak of transmission probability, which the resonant peak will be more dependent of the height of δ -doping potential increasing. Meanwhile, the conductance will be decreased with the height of δ -doping potential increasing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spin polarization through a four-quantum-dot system is theoretically studied by considering the effects of Zeeman magnetic field, extrinsic Rashba spin–orbit interaction and external magnetic field. We analyze how the resonance and anti-resonance bands are formed by means of the mathematical formula. By adjusting the external magnetic field, the spin polarization can be converted between −100% and 100%, which suggests a physical scheme of an effective magnetically-controlled spin filter. The combined effect of external magnetic field and extrinsic Rashba spin–orbit interaction leads to spin-polarized oscillations. The introduction of the Zeeman magnetic field makes the system easier to be applied as a spin filter. This study provides theoretical insights into the realization of quantum computing, quantum information transmission and development of nanoscale quantum devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electronic structure and optical properties of the Heusler alloys Co2NiGa, Co2NiAl, Co2FeGa, and Co2FeAl are reported and compared in this work. In the Fe-based alloys, Co2FeGa and Co2FeAl, the electronic structure is found to have 100% spin polarization with the indirect energy gap in the Γ - X direction, whereas in Co2NiGa and Co2NiAl, the density of states is metallic in both spin projections with spin polarization of 55% (Co2NiGa) and 37% (Co2NiAl). Total and Co partial magnetic moments of all Heusler alloys for the optimized lattice parameters were found in a good agreement with previous calculations and experimental data. The frequency dependence of the real and imaginary parts of the complex dielectric constant for the Heusler alloys is studied in the spectrum region of 0.08–5 eV. The research results are discussed based on the performed calculations of the electronic structure. It was found that the character of variations of the spectral parameters of the alloys is typical for media with the metallic conductivity. In the IR region, the mechanism of the intraband acceleration of electrons by the light wave field dominates. The significant changes in the optical spectrum, magnetic moment, spin polarization and electronic structure were revealed in Co2MGa and Co2MAl for different M atoms which motivate further investigations of the Co-based Heusler alloys as promising materials for spintronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new types of nonlinear localized state of generalized order parameter in the three-layered structure of band antiferromagnets with congruent sections of the Fermi surface are obtained. The nonlinear effects inside the narrow plane defects between the layers representing the local magnetization in the direction of polarization of the spin density wave are described by the nonlinear source function. The variation of the Ginsburg–Landau functional near the Lifshitz point leads to nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NSE) with cubic nonlinear terms and self-consistent nonlinear potential modeling the plane defects. The dispersion equations of two type stationary nonlinear localized states are derived. The solutions of dispersion equations in explicit analytical form in dependence on characteristics of plane defects and the distance between them are found and analyzed. The localized states of order parameter existing only near the plane defects with nonlinear response are obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents results of density functional theory (DFT) studies on structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of novel Y2FeSi Heusler material characterized by spin polarization at Fermi level of σ = 7 9. 3 % and magnetic moment of 1.56  μ B . The total magnetic moment of investigated material is dominated by Iron sites, while magnetic moments coming from Yttrium sites are aligned antiparallel to the Iron. Here, we introduced Co and Mn substitutions to alter the magnetic and electronic properties of the studied material. The Heusler alloys are very sensitive to electronic structure changes induced by ionic substitutions, which allowing to specifically modulate their properties. The Co-substitution lowered the total magnetic moment to ∼ 1.20  μ B and Mn caused a rise to ∼ 1.93  μ B . Introduction of Mn resulted in σ = 8 6. 5 % spin polarization. We hope that this study will promote further theoretical as well as experimental interest in these types of compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a fundamental bulk probe that provides key information about the electronic properties of materials. Very recently, the analysis of all available planar copper shift as well as relaxation data proved that while the shifts cannot be understood in terms of a single temperature-dependent spin component, relaxation can be explained with one dominating Fermi liquid-like component, without enhanced electronic spin fluctuations. For the shifts, a doping-dependent isotropic term as well as doping-independent anisotropic term became obvious. Here, we focus on planar 1 7 O NMR shifts and quadrupole splittings. Surprisingly, we find that they demand, independently, a similar two-component scenario and confirm most of the previous conclusions concerning the properties of the spin components, in particular that a negative spin polarization survives in the superconducting state. This should have consequences for the pairing scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Co-based equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys (EQHA) CoPdCrZ (Z = Si, Ge, P) are investigated by full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. Three different configurations are employed to find out the most stable structure by structural optimization process. The alloys CoPdCrSi and CoPdCrGe are found to be stable in Type-II structure while CoPdCrP is in Type-I. The calculated electronic and magnetic properties show that CoPdCrSi and CoPdCrGe are nearly half metals while CoPdCrP is a ferromagnetic alloy. By following the Slater–Pauling rule M tot = N v − 2 4 , the total magnetic moments are calculated. The spin polarization and Curie temperature have also been calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Half-metals and spin gapless semiconductors (SGSs), which exhibit 100% spin polarization at the Fermi level, are considered important candidates for spintronics. Using first-principles calculations, we have investigated the effects of uniform strain and tetragonal distortion on the half-metallicity and spin gapless feature of inverse Heusler Ti2 YSi ( Y = Fe and Co) alloys. Results show that for uniform strains, the half-metallicity occurs in the ranges of lattice parameters from 5.938 Å to 6.535 Å for Ti2FeSi and from 5.924 Å to 6.840 Å for Ti2CoSi. Tetragonal distortions over the ranges of −2.0% to +2.5% and −2.6% to +4.1% could destroy the half-metallicity for Ti2FeSi and Ti2CoSi, respectively. On the other hand, Ti2CoSi is an SGS at lattice constants of 5.968-6.023 Å. An interesting finding is that Ti2CoSi reproduces the SGS character with increasing the lattice parameters to 6.784-6.840 Å. Small tetragonal distortions with ±0.2% will destroy the SGS character of Ti2CoSi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the effects of a repulsive scattering center on the ground-state energy and spin properties of a three-electron parabolic quantum dot are investigated theoretically by means of configuration interaction method. Phase transition from a weakly correlated regime to a strongly correlated regime is examined from several strengths and positions of Gaussian impurity. Numerical results reveal that the transition from spin-1/2 to spin-3/2 state depends strongly on the location of the impurity which accordingly states the controllability of the spin polarization. Moreover, broken circular symmetry results in more pronounced electronic charge localization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bell's inequalities (BIs) derived in terms of quantum probability statistics are extended to general bipartite-entangled states of arbitrary spins with parallel polarization. The original formula of Bell for the two-spin singlet is slightly modified in the parallel configuration, while the inequality formulated by Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) remains unchanged. The violation of BIs indeed resulted from the quantum nonlocal correlation for spin- case. However, the inequalities are always satisfied for the spin-1 entangled states regardless of parallel or antiparallel polarizations of two spins. The spin parity effect originally demonstrated with the antiparallel spin-polarizations (Z. Song, J.-Q. Liang and L.-F. Wei, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 28 (2013) 145004) still exists for the parallel case. The quantum nonlocality does not lead to the violation for integer spins due to the cancellation of nonlocal interference effects by the quantum statistical average. Again, the violation of BIs seems to be a result of the measurement-induced nontrivial Berry phase (BP) for half-integer spins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spin-polarized electron transport through a zigzag zinc oxide nanoribbon (ZnONR) has been studied using first-principles transport simulations. Ribbons without edges passivated show 100% spin polarization at small bias voltage independently of width. The ribbons with edge zinc atoms passivated maintain absolute spin-filtering effect in much larger bias region. The results demonstrate that zigzag ZnONRs act as perfect spin-filters in the absence of magnetic electrodes and external fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The structural, electronic and optical properties of the , and are studied by the spin-polarized first-principles calculation. The and are metals in tetragonal structures, while the in trigonal structure is half-metal with 100% spin polarization. The has the biggest static dielectric constant and static refractive index , which may be ascribed to the highest crystal symmetry. The maximum absorption peaks of the , and are located about 44 eV in the ultraviolet region, indicating these materials have good prospect for optoelectronic materials in the ultraviolet range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigate the spin-polarized electronic transport properties of the closed hexagon graphene nanoribbon devices with different hydrogen hybrid of edge carbon atoms by using non-equilibrium Green's functions in combination with the density functional theory. The results show that an excellent molecular switching with on/off ratio over 106, perfect spin-filtering effect and negative differential resistance effect have been observed. A detailed analysis has been presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We study the transport properties in double quantum dots asymmetrically coupled to leads in magnetic field. We focus on the situation in which the second dot (QD2) couples with the leads with a weak hybridization function. The results shows that by tuning the energy level of QD2 one can control the conductance and its spin polarization of the system. In the absence of magnetic field , with increasing , the conductance shows a dip structure. This behavior of conductance results from a continuous triplet-doublet quantum phase transition. In the presence of magnetic field , we obtain a perfect spin filtering with a fully-polarized conductance of up-spin or down-spin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The geometrical, electronic and magnetic properties of the ZnMoM (M=S, Se and Te) have been studied by spin-polarized first-principles calculation. The optimized lattice constants of 5.535, 5.836 and 6.274 Å for M=S, Se and Te are related to the atomic radius of 1.09, 1.22 and 1.42 Å for S, Se and Te atoms, respectively. The ZnMoM are magnetic half-metallic (HM) with the spin-down conventional band gaps of 2.899, 2.126 and 1.840 eV, while the HM band gaps of 0.393, 0.016 and 0.294 eV for M=S, Se and Te, respectively. At the Fermi level, the less than half-filled Mo- orbital hybridizated with the less M- orbital contributes only spin-up channel leading ZnMoM an HM ferromagnetism. The tetrahedral crystal field formed by adjacent three Zn atoms and one M atom splits the spin-up channel (majority spin) of Mo- orbital into three-fold degenerate states at the Fermi level and double degenerate states below the Fermi level. The exchange splitting energies of the ZnMoM are −2.611, −2.231 and −1.717 eV for M=S, Se and Te, respectively. The results provide an useful theoretical guidance for ZnMoM applications in spintronic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Nd-doped rare earth aluminate, LaNdAlO3 ( = 0%-100%) is studied using the first-principles full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. The effects of partial Nd substitution for La in LaAlO3 are studied using supercell calculations. The electronic structure analysis indicates LaNdAlO3 to be a probable half metal within the spin polarized generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The direct and indirect band gaps are reported and were analyzed as a function of concentration of Nd doping on LaAlO3. The calculated magnetic moments in LaNdAlO3 were found to arise mainly from the Nd- electrons which manifest the magnetic nature of the system. The significant band gap narrowing with increase in doping concentration may find important applications in optoelectronic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electronic transport and switching properties of molecule-based magnetic tunnel junctions are investigated using the first-principles density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green function methods. As a result of being sandwiched between the ferromagnetic electrodes, a spin-polarization is induced in the nonmagnetic organic atoms. Magnitudes of the spin-polarizations in the trans-polyacetylene, cis-polyacetylene, terphenyl and pentacene chains are calculated and it is suggested that among these the pentacene molecules, because of showing a relatively higher magnetization can theoretically be more appropriate for utilization in spintronic devices. Furthermore, electrical switching capabilities of the junctions are studied and the results reveal that the pentacene junction due to having a larger ON/OFF ratio shows a better switching behavior. Finally, magnetoresistive properties are studied and it is shown that applying torsion can be an effective method to enhance and also adjust magnitudes of the magnetoresistances of the junctions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spin polarization of polarons in quasi-1D organic materials has been investigated by using the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with spin-orbit coupling. Results show that the polaron is partly spin polarized, and that the electron-electron interaction and spin-orbit coupling compete with each other during the formation of spin polarization. The dependence of spin polarization on electron-phonon coupling is also revealed. Our results demonstrate that spin polarization is well correlated with polaron localization, thus providing useful guidance for exploring magnetic effects in organic materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we have demonstrated magnetic ordering of single cobalt layer added on graphene using relativistic density functional theory at the level of generalized gradient approximation. We have shown that the single layer added on graphene show ferromagnetic ordering with perpendicular alignment to the graphene sheet. In the presence of spin-orbit coupling, a spin-polarization degree of about 92% was found for this quasi-two-dimensional magnetic system where it is shown a nearly half-metallic feature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study the spin-dependent electron transmission through a quantum well in semiconductor heterostructures with dipole-type oscillation field and homogeneous oscillation field. The numerical evaluations show that Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling eliminates the spin degeneracy and leads to the splitting of asymmetric Fano-type resonance peaks in the transmissivity. The width of the splitting peaks is found to be highly sensitive to the direction of incident electron. The dipole modulation and the homogeneous modulation is approximately equivalent under certain conditions. The location and the line shape of the Fano-type resonance can be controlled by adjusting the energy and the direction of the incident electron, the oscillation frequency, and the amplitude of the external field. These interesting features may be used to devise tunable spin filters and realize pure spin transmission currents by the more practical dipole-type oscillation in the experimental setup. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using first-principles calculation based on density functional theory, the elastic stability and dynamic stability of heavier alkali metals , and in structure are investigated. Results reveal that the C44 instabilities are responsible for the mechanical instabilities for these heavier alkali metals and the spin-polarization phases are more stable than non-spin-polarization phases. Other than - which presents BZ edge instability at the M-point at ambient condition, the - and - are dynamically stable for the range of the pressure in our calculation. But for -, it becomes unstable starting from 7 GPa. Especially we demonstrate that the most stable phases of at low temperatures and pressures around 20 GPa are ferromagnetic in structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We theoretically investigate the effect of the δ -doping on the electron transport in a magnetic nanostructure, which can be experimentally realized by depositing one ferromagnetic stripe on the top of a semiconductor heterostructure. We find that the position and the strength of the δ -doping as well as the distance between the two magnetic fields play an important role on the electron transport properties such as the transmission probability, the conductance and the spin polarization. These interesting results may be very helpful for analyzing the spin-dependent transport mechanism of the electron and making the new types of the spintronic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electron spin polarization properties of the Datta-Das spin field effect transistors are studied by taking into account the coexistence of the Rashba and Dresselhaus effects and an in-plane magnetic field. The transistor is connected to ferromagnetic leads with unparallel polarization. Transmission coefficients can be calculated and thus the Landauer-Büttiker conductance are obtained. Numerical results for the spin polarization of the conductance were discussed in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spin-dependent electron transport is theoretically investigated in a two-dimensional electron gas, which is periodically modulated by ferromagnetic and Schottky metal (SM) stripes. We find that the spin-dependent transmission and conductance as well as polarization strongly depend on the number of periods. We also find that the transmission and the polarization of transmitted beams periodically change with increasing the width of the SM stripe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the Luttinger Hamiltonian, electric-field-induced resonant spin polarization of a two-dimensional hole gas in a perpendicular magnetic field was studied. The spin polarization arising from splitting between the light and the heavy hole bands shows a resonant peak at a certain magnetic field. Especially, the competition between the Luttinger term and the structural inversion asymmetry leads to a rich resonant peaks structure, and the required magnetic field for the resonance may be effectively reduced by enlarging the effective width of the quantum well. Furthermore, the Zeeman splitting tends to move the resonant spin polarization to a relative high magnetic field and destroy these rich resonant spin phenomena. Finally, both the height and the weight of the resonant peak increase as the temperature decreases. It is believed that such resonant spin phenomena may be verified in the sample of a two-dimensional hole gas, and it may provide an efficient way to control spin polarization by an external electric field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, an electron-spin filter was proposed by depositing a nanosized ferromagnetic metal stripe and a Schottky normal metal stripe on the top of the semiconductor heterostructure [F. Zhai, H. Q. Xu and Y. Guo, Phys. Rev. B70 (2004) 085308]. This device has a considerable electron-spin polarization and potential application in spintronics. Here we apply a bias to this device and theoretically demonstrate how to manipulate its electron-spin polarization. By numerical simulations, we found that not only the amplitude of the electron-spin polarization but also its sign varies with the bias, giving rise to a bias-tunable spin filter device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We revisit the properties of spin transport through a semiconductor 2DEG system subjected to the modulation of both a ferromagnetic metal (FM) stripe on top and the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions (SOIs). The FM stripe has a magnetization along the transporting direction and generates an inhomogeneous magnetic field in the 2DEG plane which is taken as a double-δ shape. It is found that the spin polarization of this system generated from a spin-unpolarized injection can be remarkable only within a low Fermi energy region and is not more than 30% for the parameters available in current experiments. In this energy region, both the magnitude and the orientation of the spin polarization can be tuned by the Rashba strength, the Dresselhaus strength, and the magnetic field strength. The magnetization reversal of the FM stripe cannot result in a change of the conductance, but can rotate the orientation of the spin polarization. The results are in contrast to those in [ J. Phys.: Condens. Matter15 (2003) L31] where a pure spin state for incident electrons is artificially assumed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the coherent quantum transport theory, the spin polarization and tunneling magnetoresistance for polarized electrons through ferromagnetic/semiconductor/ferromagnetic (FM/SM/FM) heterostructure are studied theoretically within the Landauer framework of ballistic transport. The significant quantum size, quantum coherent, angle between the magnetic moments of the left and right ferromagnets, and Rashba spin-orbit interaction are considered simultaneously. The results indicate that the spin polarization and tunneling magnetoresistance are periodic functions of the semiconductor channel length, quasiperiodic functions of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling strength, and depend on the relative orientation of the two magnetizations in the left and right ferromagnets. A moderate angle, semiconductor channel length, and Rashba spin-orbit coupling strength allow a giant spin polarization or tunneling magnetoresistance. The results may be of relevance for the implementation of quasi-one-dimensional spin-transistor devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We study shot noise for entangled electrons in a 4-lead beam-splitter with one incoming lead driven by adiabatically rotating magnetic fields. We propose a setup of an adiabatically rotating magnetic field which is appropriate for an electron beam to transport through. Using the scattering matrix approach, we find that shot noise for the singlet and that for the entangled triplet oscillates between bunching and antibunching due to the influence of the Berry phase. It provides us with a new approach for testing the Berry phase in electron transport on the basis of entanglement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spin-dependent transport of electrons in realistic ferromagnetic/semiconductor hybrid nanosystems was investigated theoretically. This kind of nanosystem can be experimentally realized by depositing a magnetized ferromagnetic strip with arbitrary magnetization direction on the surface of a semiconductor heterostructure. It is revealed that a large spin-polarized current can be achieved in such a device. It is also shown that the spin polarity of the electron transport can be switched by adjusting the structural parameters and location of the ferromagntic strip in the system. These interesting properties may provide an alternative scheme to spin-polarized electrons into semiconductors, and such a nanosystem may be used as a spin filter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of ferromagnetic-insulator granular films were prepared at room temperature with a spc350 multi-target magnetron controlled sputtering system and all of the tunneling giant magnetoresistences were measured with the conventional four probes method. Experimental results revealed that TMR depends strongly on the magnetic granule, matrix and the size distribution of magnetic granules. Accordingly, a modified phenomenological theory is presented to investigate comprehensively the effect of the magnetic granule, matrix and the size distribution of magnetic granules on the TMR. In this theory, the size distribution of granules was described by the log-normal function and all granules can be divided into three categories which have different contributions on TMR by two critical sizes: D1(T) as the critical size distinguishing superparamagnetic granules from single domain ferromagnetic granules and D2(T) as the critical size distinguishing the single domain from the multi-domain. The calculated results, including TMR versus applied magnetic field, measured temperature, granule size or volume fraction, are in agreement with the experiments when the single domain ferromagnetic granules play a key role in TMR for granular films, which indicates that our modified model is reasonable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We study shot noise for electron pairs in a 4-lead beam-splitter with each incoming lead driven by a Rashba interaction. The Rashba phases modify the symmetry of the spin part of the wavefunction. Hence, intermediate degrees of bunching and antibunching can be induced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of electro-magnetic confining potentials and the s–d exchange interaction between substituted Mn ions and carriers on the spin polarization of carriers in an diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot are investigated within the framework of the effective-mass theory. The energy eigenvalues and wavefunctions of a single electron in the presence of an external magnetic field are studied by solving the one particle Schrödinger equation including the conventional Zeeman effect, the s–d exchange interaction and the electric confining potential which describes the dot. The eigenenergy structure for low lying states is strongly dependant on the relative sizes of the s–d exchange interactions and the conventional Zeeman energy splitting. When the spin splitting exceeds the cyclotron energy splitting, the Landau level overlappings occur so that the spin polarization of carriers is induced in low lying energy states. This spin polarization of carriers in the diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot can be controlled by changing the electro-magnetic confining potentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]