Chin. Phys. B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 47504-047504.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/4/047504

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

Electronic structures and magnetic couplings of B-, C-, and N-doped BeO

庞华, 张莎, 李发伸   

  1. Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-06-05 修回日期:2012-09-07 出版日期:2013-03-01 发布日期:2013-03-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10975066).

Electronic structures and magnetic couplings of B-, C-, and N-doped BeO

Pang Hua (庞华), Zhang Sha (张莎), Li Fa-Shen (李发伸)   

  1. Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2012-06-05 Revised:2012-09-07 Online:2013-03-01 Published:2013-03-01
  • Contact: Pang Hua E-mail:hpang@lzu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10975066).

摘要: The electronic structures and magnetic properties of B-, C-, and N-doped BeO supercells are investigated by means of ab initio calculations using density functional theory. The magnetic exchange constants of C-doped BeO at different doping levels are also calculated. A phenomenological band structure model based on p-d exchange-like p-p level repulsion between the dopants is raised forward to explain the magnetic ground states in B-, C-, and N-doped BeO systems. The evolution from antiferromagnetic phase to ferromagnetic phase of C-doped BeO supercell with C concentration decreasing can also be well explained using this model. The findings in this study provide a simple guide for the design of band structure for magnetic sp-electron semiconductor.

关键词: electronic structure, magnetic coupling, first-principles

Abstract: The electronic structures and magnetic properties of B-, C-, and N-doped BeO supercells are investigated by means of ab initio calculations using density functional theory. The magnetic exchange constants of C-doped BeO at different doping levels are also calculated. A phenomenological band structure model based on p-d exchange-like p-p level repulsion between the dopants is raised forward to explain the magnetic ground states in B-, C-, and N-doped BeO systems. The evolution from antiferromagnetic phase to ferromagnetic phase of C-doped BeO supercell with C concentration decreasing can also be well explained using this model. The findings in this study provide a simple guide for the design of band structure for magnetic sp-electron semiconductor.

Key words: electronic structure, magnetic coupling, first-principles

中图分类号:  (Magnetic impurity interactions)

  • 75.30.Hx
71.20.-b (Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids) 71.15.Mb (Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)