“Reservoir Model” for Shallow Modulation-Doped Digital Magnetic Quantum Wells

Author: Freire H.J.P.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0896-1107

Source: Journal of Superconductivity: Incorporating Novel Magnetism, Vol.16, Iss.2, 2003-04, pp. : 299-302

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Abstract

Digital magnetic heterostructures (DMH) are semiconductor structures with magnetic monolayers. Here we study electronic and magnetotransport properties of shallow modulation-doped (ZnSe/ZnCdSe) DMHs with spin-5/2 Mn impurities. We compare the “reservoir” model, possibly relevant to shallow geometries, to the usual “constant-density” model. Our results are obtained by solving the Kohn-Sham equations within the local spin density approximation (LSDA). In the presence of a magnetic field, we show that both models exhibit characteristic behaviors for the electronic structure, two-dimensional carrier density, Fermi level and transport properties. Our results illustrate the relevance of exchange and correlation effects in the study of shallow heterostructures of the group II-VI.