We report the successful synthesis of a new diluted magnetic semiconductor(Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2.Na and Mn are doped into the parent compound CaZn2Sb2,which has the same crystal structure as that of"122"type iro...We report the successful synthesis of a new diluted magnetic semiconductor(Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2.Na and Mn are doped into the parent compound CaZn2Sb2,which has the same crystal structure as that of"122"type iron-based superconductor CaFe2As2.Na substitution for Ca and Mn substitution for Zn introduce carriers and spins,respectively.Doping Mn atoms alone up to 5%does not induce any type of magnetic ordering.When both Na and Mn are co-doped,a ferromagnetic ordering with maximum TC^10 K has been observed.Iso-thermal magnetization shows that the coercive field is up to^245 Oe at 2 K.Below TC,a negative magneto-resistance with MR^12%has also been achieved.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key Research&Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0300402)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China。
文摘We report the successful synthesis of a new diluted magnetic semiconductor(Ca,Na)(Zn,Mn)2Sb2.Na and Mn are doped into the parent compound CaZn2Sb2,which has the same crystal structure as that of"122"type iron-based superconductor CaFe2As2.Na substitution for Ca and Mn substitution for Zn introduce carriers and spins,respectively.Doping Mn atoms alone up to 5%does not induce any type of magnetic ordering.When both Na and Mn are co-doped,a ferromagnetic ordering with maximum TC^10 K has been observed.Iso-thermal magnetization shows that the coercive field is up to^245 Oe at 2 K.Below TC,a negative magneto-resistance with MR^12%has also been achieved.
