采用基于密度泛函理论线性缀加平面波方法的WIEN2k程序,计算Fe掺杂SnO2稀磁半导体的电子结构和磁性,计算中性电荷态Fe^0和电荷受主态Fe^1-或Fe^2-。结果表明,Fe掺杂SnO2的基态都是铁磁态,O空位更容易出现在Fe原子周围。中性电荷态Fe^0磁矩较小,Fe^1-或Fe^2-态磁矩变大,并且计算的磁超精细场和磁矩与穆斯堡尔谱测量结果相符合。电子结构分析表明,掺杂Fe-3d轨道与氧八面体O-2p轨道相互作用,造成3d轨道能级分裂。不同电荷态下,能级分裂的程度不同,从而影响电子填充3d轨道的模式。3d轨道中未成对电子数增加,处于高自旋态的Fe原子是产生巨磁矩的原因。
Background: The study of the diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors with a curie temperature well above room temperature has been paid too much attention, which has potential applications in spin electronics. Purpose: For a better understanding of the origin of the ferromagnetism, especially in the presence of O vacancies, the microscopic electronic structure and hyperfine fields are required. Methods: An ab initio calculations magnetic hyperfine fields in the Fe doped SnO2 were performed by the Wien2k code embodying the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method for two charge states of the impurity that occupies two different cases of the neutral impurity state Fe^0 and the charged acceptor state Fe^1- or Fe^2-. The Fe doped SnO2 can provide one or two electrons via oxygen donor vacancies. Results: The present results illustrate clearly that the energy level splitting of the Fe-3d orbit with O vacancies and without O vacancies for the (SnO2)lsFeO2+le and (SnO2)lsFeO2+2e valences resulted in the increasing of the unpaired electrons and the leading of Fe atoms into the high spin states, producing the giant magnetic moment. Conclusion: The calculated Fe magnetic moment for the (SnO2)15FeO2+1e is 5μB, which is consistent with the magnetic moment of 5.1μB measured by the M6ssbauer spectroscopy.