Investigation of Magnetic Fields in ZnGeP2:Mn

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We propose an investigation of the magnitude and fluctuations of internal magnetic fields in Mn-doped ZnGeP2. This chalcopyrite structured semiconductor has a ferromagnetic (FM) transition above 300K, thus is attractive for potential spin-based electronics applications. We will use the muon spin depolarization in magnetic fields applied parallel to the initial polarization to probe changes in the relaxation function associated with the onset of FM order near 312K and also near a transition to the AFM ground state present below 47K. Critical questions are to what extent the magnetism is transferred from Mn ions to the semiconducting charge carriers and whether the internal fields are uniform throughout the sample or whether FM order is confined to small regions suggesting that FM properties may be from a secondary MnP phase. This project is part of P.W. Mengyan's PhD research.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24088327
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24088327
Provenance
Creator Professor Roger Lichti; Dr Brittany Baker; Dr P.W. Mengyan; Dr Gurkan Celebi; Mr Erdal Catak; Mr Lawrence Hudy
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-12-12T21:06:07Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-12-17T09:44:12Z