中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 57507-057507.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab892e

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

A novel diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2 with decoupled charge and spin dopings

Yilun Gu(顾轶伦), Haojie Zhang(张浩杰), Rufei Zhang(张茹菲), Licheng Fu(傅立承), Kai Wang(王恺), Guoxiang Zhi(智国翔), Shengli Guo(郭胜利), Fanlong Ning(宁凡龙)   

  1. 1 Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-03-08 修回日期:2020-04-14 出版日期:2020-05-05 发布日期:2020-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Fanlong Ning E-mail:ningfl@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0300402) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China.

A novel diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2 with decoupled charge and spin dopings

Yilun Gu(顾轶伦)1, Haojie Zhang(张浩杰)1, Rufei Zhang(张茹菲)1, Licheng Fu(傅立承)1, Kai Wang(王恺)1, Guoxiang Zhi(智国翔)1, Shengli Guo(郭胜利)1, Fanlong Ning(宁凡龙)1,2   

  1. 1 Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • Received:2020-03-08 Revised:2020-04-14 Online:2020-05-05 Published:2020-05-05
  • Contact: Fanlong Ning E-mail:ningfl@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0300402) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China.

摘要: We report the successful synthesis of a new diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2. Na and Mn are doped into the parent compound CaZn2Sb2, which has the same crystal structure as that of "122" type iron-based superconductor CaFe2As2. Na substitution for Ca and Mn substitution for Zn introduce carriers and spins, respectively. Doping Mn atoms alone up to 5% does not induce any type of magnetic ordering. When both Na and Mn are co-doped, a ferromagnetic ordering with maximum TC~10 K has been observed. Iso-thermal magnetization shows that the coercive field is up to ~245 Oe at 2 K. Below TC, a negative magneto-resistance with MR ~12% has also been achieved.

关键词: CaZn2Sb2, magnetic ordering, Curie temperature

Abstract: We report the successful synthesis of a new diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2. Na and Mn are doped into the parent compound CaZn2Sb2, which has the same crystal structure as that of "122" type iron-based superconductor CaFe2As2. Na substitution for Ca and Mn substitution for Zn introduce carriers and spins, respectively. Doping Mn atoms alone up to 5% does not induce any type of magnetic ordering. When both Na and Mn are co-doped, a ferromagnetic ordering with maximum TC~10 K has been observed. Iso-thermal magnetization shows that the coercive field is up to ~245 Oe at 2 K. Below TC, a negative magneto-resistance with MR ~12% has also been achieved.

Key words: CaZn2Sb2, magnetic ordering, Curie temperature

中图分类号:  (Magnetic semiconductors)

  • 75.50.Pp
75.50.Dd (Nonmetallic ferromagnetic materials) 75.30.Kz (Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.))