Ferromagnetism below 10 K in Mn-doped BiTe

Title

Ferromagnetism below 10 K in Mn-doped BiTe

 Author

Bos, J.W.G.
Lee, M.
Morosan, E.
Zandbergen, H.W.
Lee, W.L.
Ong, N.P.
Cava, R.J.

Faculty

Applied Sciences

 Department

Kavli Institute of Nanoscience

 Date

2006-11-22

 Abstract

Ferromagnetism is observed below 10 K in [Bi0.75Te0.125Mn0.125]Te. This material has the BiTe structure, which is made from the stacking of two Te-Bi-Te-Bi-Te blocks and one Bi-Bi block per unit cell. Crystal structure analysis shows that Mn is localized in the Bi2 blocks, and is accompanied by an equal amount of TeBi antisite occupancy in the Bi2Te3 blocks. These TeBi antisite defects greatly enhance the Mn solubility. This is demonstrated by comparison of the [Bi1?xMnx]Te and [Bi1?2xTexMnx]Te series; in the former, the solubility is limited to x=0.067, while the latter has xmax=0.125. The magnetism in [Bi1?xMnx]Te changes little with x, while that for [Bi1?2xTexMnx]Te shows a clear variation, leading to ferromagnetism for x>0.067. Magnetic hysteresis and the anomalous Hall effect are observed for the ferromagnetic samples.

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.184429

 Publisher

American Physical Society

 ISSN

0163-1829

 Source

Physical Review B, 74 (18), 2006

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

(c) 2006 The Author(s); American Physical Society
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