Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor

Electronic band structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd₁₋x Mn x Te [100] ideal surface is calculated by the semiempirical tight- binding method in the framework of sps*-model. Surface bands, emerging above the bulk band structure, as well as their type, energy position and...

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spelling irk-123456789-1209852017-06-14T03:03:07Z Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor Melnichuk, S.V. Mikhailevsky, Y.M. Rarenko, I.M. Yurijchuk, I.M. Electronic band structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd₁₋x Mn x Te [100] ideal surface is calculated by the semiempirical tight- binding method in the framework of sps*-model. Surface bands, emerging above the bulk band structure, as well as their type, energy position and localization near the parting border with vacuum are investigated. It is shown that Mn 3d-states as well as sp-states play appreciable role in the formation of surface bands. The peculiarities of surface band structure are analyzed in the dependence of solid solution composition. Розраховано електронну зонну структуру iдеальної поверхнi [100] напiвмагнiтного напiвпровiдника Cd₁₋x Mn x Te в sps*-моделi сильного зв’язку, що включає катiоннi d -орбiталi. Вивчено зони поверхневих станiв, якi виникають на фонi спектра об’ємного кристалу, їх тип, енергетичне положення та просторову локалiзацiю бiля границь роздiлу з вакуумом. Показано, що поряд з sp -станами помiтну роль у формуваннi поверхневих станiв вiдiграють 3d -стани Mn. Аналiзуються особливостi спектра поверхнi залежно вiд складу твердого розчину. 2000 Article Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor / S.V. Melnichuk, Y.M. Mikhailevsky, I.M. Rarenko, I.M. Yurijchuk // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2000. — Т. 3, № 4(24). — С. 799-806. — Бібліогр.: 12 назв. — англ. 1607-324X DOI:10.5488/CMP.3.4.799 PACS: 73.20 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/120985 en Condensed Matter Physics Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України
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description Electronic band structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd₁₋x Mn x Te [100] ideal surface is calculated by the semiempirical tight- binding method in the framework of sps*-model. Surface bands, emerging above the bulk band structure, as well as their type, energy position and localization near the parting border with vacuum are investigated. It is shown that Mn 3d-states as well as sp-states play appreciable role in the formation of surface bands. The peculiarities of surface band structure are analyzed in the dependence of solid solution composition.
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Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor
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title Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_short Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_full Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor
title_fullStr Band structure of [100] surface of Cd₁₋x Mn x Te diluted magnetic semiconductor
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fulltext Condensed Matter Physics, 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4(24), pp. 799–806 Band structure of [100] surface of Cd1−xMnxTe diluted magnetic semiconductor S.V.Melnichuk, Y.M.Mikhailevsky, I.M.Rarenko, I.M.Yurijchuk Chernivtsi State University, 2 Kotsiubinsky Str., 274012 Chernivtsi, Ukraine Received December 12, 1999, in final form April 21, 2000 Electronic band structure of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Cd1−xMnxTe [100] ideal surface is calculated by the semiempirical tight- binding method in the framework of sps*-model. Surface bands, emerging above the bulk band structure, as well as their type, energy position and lo- calization near the parting border with vacuum are investigated. It is shown that Mn 3d-states as well as sp-states play appreciable role in the formation of surface bands. The peculiarities of surface band structure are analyzed in the dependence of solid solution composition. Key words: diluted magnetic semiconductor, band structure, surface PACS: 73.20 Semiconductor compound Cd1−xMnxTe represents a solid solution based on two semiconductors with zinc-blende structure: CdTe and MnTe, in which the part of nonmagnetic cations is replaced by an element of transition group Mn. The elec- tronic band structure of semiconductor compounds with magnetic components is thoroughly studied, both theoretically and experimentally [1–4]. sp-type bands of such semiconductors show the behaviour similar to sp-bands of the nonmagnetic material, and magnetic 3d-states of Mn form bands which split up due to strong coulomb and exchange interactions. The majority of optical and magnetic proper- ties of diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) Cd1−xMnxTe can be explained by the exchange interaction of sp-band and 3d-states, as well as by Mn-Mn exchange inter- action, which, in its turn, largely depends on the magnitude of sp-d hybridization [2]. The majority of recent works on DMS is devoted to the investigation of het- erostructures (interfaces, superlattices, quantum holes), where one of the compo- nents is DMS Cd1−xMnxTe [5]. Due to this, the study of the electron band structure of DMS in the presence of a parting border and particularly the analysis of 3d-states contribution to the band structure are very important. In the majority of theoreti- cal approaches a pure atom (ideal) surface is used as a model system for the study c© S.V.Melnichuk, Y.M.Mikhailevsky, I.M.Rarenko, I.M.Yurijchuk 799 S.V.Melnichuk at al. of the semiconductor surface electron band structure. In the paper [6] we studied the energy structure of an [100] ideal surface of semicondutor CdTe, doped by an isolated transition group impurity. It is shown that in the case when the impurity substitutes an atom near the surface, essential reconstruction of its energy spectrum takes place. In the present work the electron band structure of an [100] ideal sur- face of DMS Cd1−xMnxTe and the contribution of Mn 3d-states to the formation of surface states are being investigated. The theoretical approach is based on a semiempirical tight-binding method the basis of which includes s-, p-orbitals of each atom, cations d-orbitals, and it takes into account the interaction with the nearest neighbours only [3]. Such a model gives an opportunity to obtain a realistic band structure over all Brillouin zone of the crystal that is difficult to achieve in the framework of more complicated first principles calculations [4] or using the ~k~p-theory [2]. Let’s consider in more detail the electron band structure of a bulk diluted mag- netic semiconductor. The Hamiltonian of the crystal in the tight-binding method has the following form: H = Hsp +Hd +Hsp−d . (1) Here Hsp is a usual band Hamiltonian of A2B6 group semiconductor where cation d-orbitals and cation and anion s*-orbitals are added to sp3-basis. The latter take into account the presence of the excited conduction bands, and make it possible to describe more correctly the behaviour of the first conduction band [7]. The term Hd describes intracenter exchange-correlation effects in the half filled 3d-zone, which we shall treat in the generalized Mott-Hubbard form [8]: Hd = ∑ iµσ ( εµniµσ + U 2 niµσniµ−σ − J 2 ∑ ν 6=µ niµσniνσ ) . (2) Here niµσ is an occupation number of 3d-orbitals of type µ(µ = t2g, eg) with spin σ on i Mn site. The parameters U and J are responsible for the intracentral Coulomb as well as exchange interactions, correspondingly. Despite of a manybody nature of the Hamiltonian (2), the band structure of DMS is well described in the one-electron approximation. Within the framework of this approximation, half filled Mn 3d-band is splitted into two subbands, one of which is completely filled and lies in the valence band. The magnitude of splitting is Ueff = U + 4J [3]. Thus, the ground state of the system is provided with all five 3d-electrons pointed in one direction and the full magnetic moment on each site is equal to 5/2. The last term in (1) takes into account the interaction between 3d-electrons and sp-bands. The electron spectrum of Cd1−xMnxTe is calculated within virtual crystal ap- proximation [1]. Matrix elements Hsp for two limiting CdTe and MnTe cases are expressed through tight-binding parameters [7,9], which were determined by the adjustment of spectrum in Γ and X points of the Brillouin zone to the known ex- perimental and theoretical data. If for CdTe such a procedure can be accomplished directly through the use of experimental data, for hypothetical MnTe with zinc- blende structure in order to determine the tight-binding parameters we use first 800 Band structure of [100] surface of Cd1−xMnxTe principles calculations of MnTe ferromagnetic phase [4]. It is necessary to distin- guish two cases of spin direction on Mn sites: up (↑) and down (↓). The paramag- netic phase is received under the assumption that up and down spins are distributed in cation sites of the lattice at random. For parameterizations of the paramagnetic MnTe Hamiltonian it is necessary to average the tight-binding parameters for two possible spin directions. Therefore, in the virtual crystal approximation the spec- trum of paramagnetic Cd1−xMnxTe is simulated by pseudo-ternary solid solution Cd1−xMn↑x/2Mn↓x/2Te [3]. Figure 1. Electron states density of CdTe, MnTe and Cd0.5Mn0.5Te semi- conductors. Dashed lines correspond to the partial contribution of Mn 3d- states. The magnitude of the intracenter effec- tive splitting Ueff , which determines the po- sition of the occupied and unoccupied Mn- states, is crucial for the parameterizations of the Hamiltonian (2). By the research of synchrotron radiation and photoemission spectroscopy in Cd1−xMnxTe it is firmly es- tablished that the band of the occupied 3d- states lies at the energy 3.4 eV, below the edge of the valence band Ev of the semi- conductor [2,3]. The magnitude of Ev −Ed = 3.4 eV practically does not depend on the concentration x. The placement of the unoccupied 3d-states has evoked the great- est differences among researchers. How- ever,the recent study of ultraviolet inverse photoemission from the conductivity band in Cd1−xMnxTe has made it possible to evaluate the magnitude of effective split- ting in the limits Ueff = 7.0±0.2 eV [9]. Due to this, we can state that the bands of the unoccupied 3d-states lie in the first conduction band approximately at the en- ergy 3.6 eV. Another important parame- ter of the problem is Vpd, which defines the magnitude of sp-d hybridization. From general point of view, hybridization parame- ter must be different for two different spin configurations. The value for the param- eter of sp-d-hybridization is taken directly from the experimentally measured sp-d exchange interaction constant. The evaluation gives for Vpd the following value Vpd= 0.219 eV [9]. As far as in the literature there is a unique value for the sp-d hybridiza- tion parameter, we consider a model in which these parameters are identical. As for the values of other tight-binding parameters for CdTe and paramagnetic MnTe as well as their corresponding discussion one can find in [11]. In figure 1 we present the densities of electron states for CdTe, paramagnetic MnTe and Cd1−xMnxTe with x=0.5, calculated by means of determined tight- binding parameters. The partial contribution of Mn 3d-states is shown with a dashed 801 S.V.Melnichuk at al. line. As follows from the figure, there are two peaks lower than the valence band edge in the energy region 3–4 eV which correspond to the band of the occupied 3d-states, split due to the sp-d hybridization. The bands of unoccupied states give a maximum somewhat above the bottom of the conduction band. Let’s mark a sig- nificant contribution of 3d-states to the valence band states in the region 0–2.5 eV. Our calculations of the electronic band structure of DMS Cd1−xMnxTe coincide, in general, with theoretical calculations of other authors. A crystal, limited by an ideal surface, can be represented as a set of crystallo- graphic planes, parallel to the plane, which forms the boundary of the crystal with vacuum. For the crystal with zinc-blende structure with an ideal surface perpendic- ular to the direction [100] each atomic plane contains the atoms of one type (cations or anions). The coordinate system is selected in a way that the axe OZ is directed parallel to the direction [100], and the axes OX, OY are directed along the basis vec- tors of the elementary translations of the two-dimensional lattice. The equilibrium position of any atom of such a structure is determined by the vector ~R(Nplk) = l1 ~a1 + l2 ~a2 + ~τ p ⊥ + ~τ pk ‖ , (3) where Np – the number of the atomic plane (16 Np < ∞); l1, l2 – integers; ~a1, ~a2 – vectors of the elementary translation of the two-dimensional lattice; the vector ~τ p ⊥ – indicates the position of the atomic plane Np, relative to the surface, and the vector ~τ pk‖ – indicates the placement of k-type atom in the atomic plane Np inside the two-dimensional cell (k = 1,2). The eigenfunctions of the crystal, limited by [100] surface are characterized by the vector ~k‖, which lies in the two-dimensional Brillouin zone in the plane, per- pendicular to the direction [100]. In the framework of the tight-binding model the crystal wave function is represented as a linear combination of atomic orbitals φα(~R), centered on the sites (3) Ψ~k‖a (~r ) = ∑ αNp cαNp (~k‖a)φαNp (~r ). (4) Here α runs over cation s-, p-, d-, s*- orbitals and anion s-, p-, s*-orbitals. In the base (4) the Hamiltonian (1), taking into account (2), gives the secular matrix for determining the electron spectrum of the crystal with the surface |HαNp,αN ′ p (~k‖a)− Eδij | = 0. (5) The Hamiltonian matrix (5) has got, generally speaking, an infinite dimension. In numerical calculations the surface is simulated by a slab, i.e. the semi-infinite crystal, which is limited by the second plane, that is identical to the plane forming the boundary of the crystal with vacuum [12]. Thus, the system is simulated by a slab of a finite width, but infinite in the direction, parallel to the surface. Our calculations showed that it is enough to select a slab consisting of 15–20 atomic planes. For such a width of the slab, the wave functions of the opposite surfaces are not overlapped any more and the electron spectrum practically does not depend on the inclusion of additional planes. 802 Band structure of [100] surface of Cd1−xMnxTe Figure 2. Electronic band struc- ture of [100] ideal surface of DMS Cd0.5Mn0.5Te. In insertion, two-dimensional Brillouin zone is presented. Figure 3. Electron states density of DMS Cd0.5Mn0.5Te with [100] ideal surface, projected on the atomic plane which forms the parting border. Dashed lines correspond to the partial contribution of Mn 3d-states. The band structure of an ideal [100] surface of DMS Cd1−xMnxTe (x=0.5), calculated along some high-symmetry di- rections of the two-dimensional Brillouin zone, is presented in figure 2. At the for- mation of the surface, surface bands ap- pear in the spectrum of the bulk crystal due to breakdown of the bonds intrinsic to the crystal. As far as [100] the surface is polar, it is necessary to distinguish the two types of the surface, one of which con- tains cations on the parting border, and the other contains anions. The surface states for the two types of the ideal surface are presented in the same figure and desig- nated correspondingly as Ci and Ai. We are interested in the bands which are sit- uated in the forbidden band gap of the semiconductor or in the valence band and the first conduction band. For the anion surface, the three bands are being marked A1, A2, A3, one of which – A1 is located in the forbidden band gap of the semiconduc- tor, somewhat above the edge of the va- lence band. The cation surface gives the two surface bands C1 and C2. In order to determine the contribution of Mn 3d-states to the formation of the surface bands of DMS Cd1−xMnxTe the projections of the full densities of electron states and partial contribution of Mn 3d-states on the sur- face which form the parting border of the crystal were calculated (figure 3). In the figure the peaks, which are absent in the density of states of the bulk crystal, cor- respond to the surface bands that specify space localization of the surface bands near the parting border. As follows from the fig- ure, although the surface bands are mainly of sp-character they contain significant ad- mixture of Mn 3d-states. The degree of lo- calization of the electron density of the surface bands for a certain value of the wave vector depends on the position of the wave vector in the Brillouin zone of the crystal. In figures 4, 5 the dependence of the magnitude of localization for DMS 803 S.V.Melnichuk at al. Figure 4. Degree of localization of sur- face states electron density near [100] Cd0.5Mn0.5Te cation surface for two points in the Brillouin zone. Figure 5. The same as in figure 4 but for the anion surface. Cd0.5Mn0.5Te on the distance to the surface is presented. As an example, the results for two high-symmetry points of the Brillouin zone – Γ and X are indicated. As follows from the figure, the electron densities of surface states Ai, Ci locate mainly on the planes which lie near the plane forming the parting border of the crystal with vacuum and practically disappear at the distance of 3–4 nuclear planes from the surface. The surface states in the band gap of the semiconductor – A1, C1 are localized in the Brillouin zone for all wave vectors, though in Γ point the localiza- tion is weaker. As for A2-C2-states which are in resonance with the valence band, a noticeable localization exhibits only for the wave vectors close to high-symmetry points of the Brillouin zone. In Γ point they are completely delocalized in the crystal. Qualitatively the same results for the localization of the surface states take place for Cd1−xMnxTe solid solutions with the other x. The contribution of Mn 3d-states to the surface states depends mainly on the composition of Cd1−xMnxTe solid solution. The relative contribution of 3d-states to the surface states A1, C1 is presented in the table 1 for various x. The relative contribution of 3d-states increases with an increase of Mn component in the solution reaching the value of 20–30 % for x=0.75. Energies of the surface states for x < 0.5 exhibit linear dependence on the composition of the solid solution (figure 6). If the dependence of the Cd1−xMnxTe 804 Band structure of [100] surface of Cd1−xMnxTe Table 1. The relative contribution of 3d−states to the surface states. concentration Γ X C1 A1 C1 A1 0.25 0.14 0.08 0.16 0.06 0.50 0.25 0.12 0.22 0.17 0.75 0.31 0.16 0.27 0.26 band gap in Γ point has a form Eg=1.62 + 1.61x, then for the energy dependence of A1 states in Γ point, the linear coefficient is equal to 0.83, and for A2 states it is equal to 0.55. Energies of the surface states in the Brillouin zone edges reveal a much weaker dependence on x. Figure 6. Dependence of energy of surface states A1, C1 in Γ point of the Brillouin zone on solid solution com- position. We can conclude that Mn 3d-states give a noticeable contribution to the formation of the conduction and valence bands as well as to the formation of the bands of sur- face states. The carried out calculations let us analyze the magnitude of localiza- tion of electron densities of surface states and their energy in the dependence of the solid solution composition. 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Вивчено зони поверх- невих станiв, якi виникають на фонi спектра об’ємного кристалу, їх тип, енергетичне положення та просторову локалiзацiю бiля границь роздiлу з вакуумом. Показано, що поряд з sp -станами помiтну роль у формуваннi поверхневих станiв вiдiграють 3d -стани Mn. Аналiзу- ються особливостi спектра поверхнi залежно вiд складу твердого розчину. Ключові слова: напiвмагнiтний напiвпровiдник, зонна структура, поверхня PACS: 73.20 806