A novel diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)<sub>2</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub> with decoupled charge and spin dopings

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

Gu Yilun¹, Zhang Haojie¹, Zhang Rufei¹, Fu Licheng¹, Wang Kai¹, Zhi Guoxiang¹, Guo Shengli¹, Ning Fanlong^{1, 2, †}

(a) The XRD patterns for (Ca_1–xNa_x)(Zn_2–xMn_x)Sb₂ (x = 0.08, 0.10, 0.12, 0.16, 0.20). Traces of impurities ZnSb (*) and Sb (▲) are marked. (b) The Rietveld refinement of (Ca_0.88Na_0.12)(Zn_1.88Mn_0.12)Sb₂. Inset is the crystal structure of CaZn₂Sb₂. (c) The lattice parameter c of (Ca_1–xNa_x)(Zn_2–xMn_x)Sb₂.