Exploring the ferromagnetic phase diagram of Sb$_{2-x}$V$_{x}$Te$_{3}$ and Sb$_{2-x}$Cr$_{x}$Te$_{3}$ using hydrostatic pressure as an experimental variable

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Abstract

We report on the hydrostatic pressure dependence of the magnetotransport properties of ferromagnetic Sb$_{2-x}$V$_{x}$Te$_{3}$ and Sb$_{2-x}$Cr$_{x}$Te$_{3}$ with x $\le $ 0.15. Pressure significantly alters the carrier concentration in these diluted magnetic semiconductor compounds. Key to the understanding of the underlying mechanism of ferromagnetism is the role that both free hole and magnetic impurity concentration and type play in these materials. The evolution of Curie temperature with carrier concentration and average impurity separation, as tuned by pressure, will be compared to a simple model incorporating indirect exchange among impurity spins, mediated by the free holes.

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Authors

  • Jeffrey Dyck

    John Carroll University, Physics Department, John Carroll University

  • Matthew Bowers

    Physics Department, John Carroll University

  • Zachary S. Goldman

    Johannes Gutenberg Universit\"at Mainz, Johannes-Gutenberg-Unversitat, Mainz, Germany, Helsinki University of Technology and Technical University of Denmark, Physics Department, University of Michigan, Univ. Akron, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Denison University

  • Ctirad Uher

    Physics Department, University of Michigan

  • Cestmir Drasar

    Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice

  • Petr Lostak

    Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice