Magnetic scattering of spin polarized carriers in (In, Mn)Sb dilute magnetic semiconductor

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Nov 25;95(22):227203. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.227203. Epub 2005 Nov 21.

Abstract

Magnetoresistance measurements on the magnetic semiconductor (In, Mn)Sb suggest that magnetic scattering in this material is dominated by isolated Mn2+ ions located outside the ferromagnetically ordered regions when the system is below T(c). A model is proposed, based on the p-d exchange between spin-polarized charge carriers and localized Mn2+ ions, which accounts for the observed behavior both below and above the ferromagnetic phase transition. The suggested picture is further verified by high-pressure experiments, in which the degree of magnetic interaction can be varied in a controlled way.