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1 Computational Materials Design in Semiconductor Nano-spintronics |
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2 | (9) |
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1.1.1 Gordon Moore's Law and Beyond Si-CMOS |
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2 | (1) |
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1.1.2 Semiconductor Nano-spintronics |
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2 | (2) |
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1.1.3 Computational Nano-materials Design and the CMD® System |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Ab initio Calculation of Electronic Structure and Magnetic Mechanisms in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.5 Inhomogeneous DMS Caused by Spinodal Nanodecomposition |
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5 | (1) |
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1.1.6 3D Dairiseki Phase and 1D Konbu Phase as a Quantum Dot and Nano Wire |
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5 | (2) |
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1.1.7 Colossal Magnetic Response by Electric Field and Photonic Excitation |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (2) |
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1.1.9 Organization of This Chapter |
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10 | (1) |
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1.2 III-V and II-VI Compound Semiconductor Based DMS by LDA |
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11 | (12) |
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1.2.1 Electronic Structure and Chemical Trends |
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12 | (4) |
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1.2.2 Ferromagnetic Mechanism in the DMS |
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16 | (4) |
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1.2.3 Curie Temperature (Tc) of Homogeneous Systems |
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20 | (3) |
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1.3 Spinodal Nano-decomposition in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS) |
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23 | (18) |
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1.3.1 Inhomogeneous Distribution of Transition Metal Impurities in DMS |
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23 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Mixing Free Energy and Phase Stability |
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24 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Effective Chemical-Pair Interactions in the DMS |
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26 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Simulation of the Spinodal Nano-decomposition |
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27 | (1) |
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1.3.5 Three-dimensional Spinodal Decomposition (Dairiseki Phase) |
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27 | (2) |
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1.3.6 Two-dimensional Spinodal Decomposition (Konbu Phase) |
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29 | (2) |
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1.3.7 Co-doping Method for Controlling Spinodal Decomposition |
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31 | (2) |
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1.3.8 Super-paramagnetic Blocking Phenomena |
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33 | (2) |
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1.3.9 Applications of the Konbu Phase |
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35 | (3) |
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1.3.10 Spin Caloritronics Application in Colossal Spin-Entropy Expansion Cooling by the Konbu Phase |
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38 | (3) |
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1.4 ZnO and GaN-based DMS by SIC-LDA |
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41 | (11) |
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1.4.1 Pseudo-Self-Interaction-Corrected Local Density Approximation (SIC-LDA) Method |
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42 | (2) |
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1.4.2 ZnO-Based DMSs in SCI-LDA Versus LDA |
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44 | (3) |
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1.4.3 Mn-Doped GaN in SIC-LDA Versus LDA |
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47 | (2) |
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1.4.4 Calculated Density of States (DOS) by LDA and SIC-LDA Versus X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) |
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49 | (3) |
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1.5 TiO2 Based DMS by LDA Versus SIC-LDA |
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52 | (8) |
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1.5.1 Electronic Structure of (Ti, Co)O2 |
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53 | (3) |
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1.5.2 Electronic Structure of Host TiO2: LDA Versus SIC-LDA |
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56 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Electronic Structure of (Ti, Co)O2 and n-type (Ti, Co)O2 with Oxygen Vacancy (Double Donor): LDA Versus SIC-LDA |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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1.6 A New Class of Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors without Transition Metal Elements |
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60 | (13) |
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1.6.1 Deep Impurity Band Based Dilute Ferromagnetic Semiconductors without Transition Metal Impurities: SIC-LDA Versus LDA |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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1.6.3 Carbon Doped Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides |
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64 | (4) |
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1.6.4 Nitrogen Doped Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides |
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68 | (2) |
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1.6.5 Nitrogen Doped MgS and MgSe |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (8) |
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2 Transition Metal Doped ZnO |
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81 | (22) |
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81 | (2) |
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2.2 DMS Theory: The Physical Origins of Ferromagnetism in DMS |
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83 | (5) |
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2.2.1 Dietl's Mean-Field Theory |
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84 | (1) |
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2.2.2 First-Principles Design: DFT Calculations |
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85 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Ferromagnetism in a Localized Carrier Regime |
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85 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Ferromagnetism in a Spin-Split Conduction Band |
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87 | (1) |
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2.3 Experimental Progress in ZnO DMS |
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88 | (11) |
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88 | (6) |
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94 | (5) |
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2.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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99 | (4) |
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3 Spintronics in III-Nitride Based Materials |
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103 | (20) |
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103 | (1) |
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3.2 Material Selection for Spintronic Semiconductors |
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104 | (4) |
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3.3 Models for the Mechanisms of Ferromagnetism |
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108 | (2) |
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3.3.1 Free Carrier Mediated Model |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Extension to Rare Earth Magnetic Impurities |
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109 | (1) |
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3.3.4 Models Considering Defects |
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110 | (1) |
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3.4 III-Nitride DMS Materials |
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110 | (7) |
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111 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Gd-and Si-co-doped GaN |
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112 | (3) |
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3.4.3 Gd-Doped AlGaN and Heterostructures |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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3.4.5 Gd-Implanted AlGaN/GaN Device Structures |
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117 | (1) |
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3.4.6 Gd-Doped and Implanted AIN |
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117 | (1) |
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3.5 Summary and Issues to Be Resolved |
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117 | (6) |
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4 Electronic Structure of Mn in III-Mn-V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors |
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123 | (34) |
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123 | (1) |
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4.2 Lattice Site Location of Mn in Ga1-xMnxAs |
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124 | (19) |
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4.2.1 Self-compensation and Mn Location in GaMnAs |
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124 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Channeling Rutherford Backscattering and Particle Induced X-ray Emission |
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125 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Detection of Mn Interstitials in GaMnAs |
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126 | (3) |
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4.2.4 Stability of Mn Interstitials |
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129 | (7) |
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4.2.5 Maximum Carrier Concentration and Tc in III-Mn-V Semiconductors |
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136 | (1) |
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4.2.6 Co-doping of GaMnAs with Shallow Dopants |
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137 | (6) |
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4.3 Electronic Structure of Mn in GaMnAs |
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143 | (9) |
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4.3.1 Valence Band Anticrossing Model |
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146 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Mobility and the Metal-to-Insulator Transition |
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147 | (4) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (5) |
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5 Ga1-xMnxP Synthesized by Ion Implantation and Pulsed-Laser Melting |
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157 | (24) |
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158 | (1) |
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5.2 Ion Implantation and Pulsed-Laser Melting (II-PLM) |
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159 | (4) |
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5.3 Evidence of the Carrier-Mediated Phase of Ga1-xMnxP |
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163 | (3) |
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5.4 The Detached Mn-Derived Impurity Band in Ga1-xMnxP |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (2) |
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5.7 Stability of MnGa Defect in Ga1-xMnxP: Behavior Upon Extended Annealing |
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173 | (1) |
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5.8 Comparison of Ga1-xMnxP to Other III1-xMnxV Materials |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (5) |
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6 InMnAs Thin Films and Heterostructures |
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181 | (12) |
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181 | (1) |
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6.2 Epitaxial Film Deposition |
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182 | (2) |
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6.3 Electronic Properties of InMnAs |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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6.5 Magnetoresistance and Magnetotransport |
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185 | (2) |
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6.6 Bipolar Magnetic Semiconductor Device Structures |
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187 | (2) |
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6.7 Magneto-optical Properties |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (2) |
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7 Magnetic Doping of Group IV Semiconductors |
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193 | (32) |
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194 | (1) |
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7.2 Magnetic Doping of Conventional Semiconductors: Theoretical Considerations |
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195 | (4) |
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7.3 Magnetic Doping of Conventional Semiconductors: Practical Considerations |
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199 | (1) |
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7.4 MnxGe1-x: A Silicon Compatible DMS |
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199 | (19) |
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7.4.1 Magnetic Properties |
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201 | (4) |
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7.4.2 Transport Properties |
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205 | (7) |
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7.4.3 Generalized Polaron Percolation Picture |
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212 | (2) |
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7.4.4 Ultra Dilute Regime of MnxGe1-x DMS |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (7) |
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8 Dynamics of Localized Spins in Non-Magnetic Semiconductors |
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225 | (18) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (3) |
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233 | (2) |
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8.6 Applications I: Coherent Population Trapping |
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235 | (2) |
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8.7 Applications II: Transfer of Light Polarization to Spin Coherence |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (4) |
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9 Zero-Bias Spin Separation |
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243 | (22) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (2) |
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9.2.1 Photoexcitation Mechanism of a Pure Spin Current |
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245 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Relaxation Mechanism of a Pure Spin Current |
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246 | (1) |
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9.3 Conversion of Pure Spin Current into Spin Photocurrent |
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246 | (7) |
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9.3.1 Spin Photocurrent Due to the Photoexcitation Mechanism |
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247 | (2) |
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9.3.2 Spin Photocurrent Due to the Relaxation Mechanism |
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249 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Spin Photocurrent in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors |
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250 | (2) |
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9.3.4 Phenomenological Theory of the Magneto-gyrotropic Photogalvanic Effect |
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252 | (1) |
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9.4 Experiments on the Zero-Bias Spin Separation |
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253 | (5) |
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9.5 Application of Spin Photocurrents |
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258 | (4) |
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262 | (3) |
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10 Electrical Spin Injection in Hybrid Ferromagnetic Metal/Semiconductor Structures |
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265 | (24) |
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265 | (1) |
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10.2 Theory of Spin Injection Through a Hybrid Metal-Semiconductor Interface |
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266 | (6) |
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10.2.1 The Diffusive Regime of Spin Injection and the Problem of Impedance Mismatch |
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266 | (4) |
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10.2.2 Microscopic Picture |
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270 | (2) |
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10.3 Measurement of the Electrical Spin Injection in Hybrid Devices |
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272 | (14) |
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10.3.1 General Considerations |
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272 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Spin-LEDs with Schottky Barriers |
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273 | (3) |
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10.3.3 Spin-LEDs with Alumine Barriers |
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276 | (4) |
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10.3.4 Spin-LEDs with MgO Barriers |
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280 | (4) |
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10.3.5 Pulsed Electrical Injection and Time-Resolved Electroluminescence |
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284 | (2) |
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10.4 Conclusions and Outlook |
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286 | (3) |
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11 Magneto-optical Spectroscopy of Spin Injection and Spin Relaxation in Spin Light-Emitting Structures |
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289 | (36) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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11.2.1 ZnMnSe/Zn(Cd)Se QW Spin Injection Structures |
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290 | (1) |
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11.2.2 ZnMnSe/CdSe QD Spin Injection Structures |
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290 | (1) |
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11.2.3 GaMnN/InGaN Spin Light Emitting Diode Structures |
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290 | (1) |
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11.2.4 ZnO-Based Structures |
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291 | (1) |
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11.3 ZnMnSe/ZnCdSe QW Spin Injection Structures |
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291 | (17) |
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292 | (5) |
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297 | (7) |
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304 | (4) |
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11.4 Spin Polarization in ZnMnSe/CdSe QD Spin Injection Structures |
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308 | (3) |
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11.5 GaMnN/InGaN Spin Injection Structures |
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311 | (5) |
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312 | (1) |
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312 | (4) |
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11.6 ZnO-Based Spin Functional Structures |
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316 | (4) |
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11.6.1 Spin Detection: Optical Orientation Measurements |
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316 | (1) |
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11.6.2 Spin Detection: Time-Resolved Magneto-optical Spectroscopy |
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317 | (2) |
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11.6.3 Spin Detection: Possible Mechanisms for Spin Depolarization |
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319 | (1) |
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11.7 Conclusions and Outlook |
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320 | (5) |
Color Plates |
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325 | (30) |
Index |
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