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Photoionization absorption and zero-field spin splitting of acceptor-bound magnetic polaron in p-type Hg1-xMnxTe single crystals.
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Physics; Apr2012, Vol. 111 Issue 8, p083502, 8p, 1 Chart, 9 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Temperature-dependent magnetic (2-300 K), DC Hall (10-300 K), and infrared transmission (11.5-300 K) measurements are performed on a series of p-type Hg1-xMnxTe (0.12 ≤ x ≤ 0.26) single crystals in the spin-glass regime. Photoionization absorption (PIA) of acceptor-bound magnetic polarons (acceptor-BMPs) is observed to evolve with temperature, which is better accounted for by the classical oscillator model than by the quantum defect method. At low temperatures, p-type Hg1-xMnxTe manifests distinct phenomena of paramagnetic enhancement, negative magnetoresistance, and decrease of the effective binding energy and blueshift of the PIA of the acceptor-BMPs with nearly the same degree as temperature declines. A spin-splitting model is proposed, which can well reproduce the experimentally observed zero-field spin splitting of the acceptor-BMP level at low temperatures and the increase of the spin splitting as temperature drops. The results suggest that the acceptor-BMPs in Hg1-xMnxTe may have potential applications in light-driven polaronic memories, tunable far-infrared lasers, and detectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218979
- Volume :
- 111
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 74668472
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3702845