Cooperative transport phenomena in phase-separated degenerate antifertomagnetic semiconductors
Osipov V.V., Samokhvalov A.A., Nagaev E.L.
Response to a strong electric field is investigated of degenerate antiferromagnetic semiconductors EuTe spontaneously separated into antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic phases. Whereas in weak fields their response is Ohmic, in strong fields a sequence of very high peaks appears over the Ohmic-type background beginning from a certain threshold field strength. Their spacing decreases with increasing field strength. These peaks are explained by cooperative motion of charged ferromagnetic microregions inside the antiferromagnetic host.