Critical temperatures of the two-band model for diluted magnetic semiconductors

F. Popescu, Y. Yildirim, G. Alvarez, A. Moreo, E. Dagotto

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Abstract

Using dynamical mean field theory and Monte Carlo simulations, we study the ferromagnetic transition temperature (Tc) of a two-band model for diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS), varying coupling constants, hopping parameters, and carrier densities. We found that Tc is optimized at all fillings p when both impurity bands fully overlap in the same energy range, namely when the exchange couplings J and bandwidths are identical. The optimal Tc is found to be about twice larger than the maximum value obtained in the one-band model, showing the importance of multiband descriptions of DMS at intermediate J 's.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075206
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume73
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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