The ferromagnetic origin of Na and Mn co-doped CaZn2As2 diluted magnetic semiconductor: a first-principles study
L. Hua, J. N. Zhu, Z. T. Lu
Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College, 225300 Taizhou, People's Republic of China
Abstract
We have investigated the electronic structure and
magnetic properties of Na and Mn co-doped CaZn2As2
using density functional theory
within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA)+U schemes. We have
shown that the ground state magnetic structure of Mn-doped
CaZn2As2
is antiferromagnetic while hole-mediated Zener's p-d exchange is
responsible for the origin of ferromagnetism of Na and Mn co-doped
CaZn2As2.