This review compiles results of experimental and theoretical studies on thin films and
quantum structures of semiconductors with randomly distributed Mn ions, which exhibit …

The semiconductor ZnO has gained substantial interest in the research community in part
because of its large exciton binding energy (60 meV) which could lead to lasing action …

Ferromagnetism in manganese compound semiconductors not only opens prospects for
tailoring magnetic and spin-related phenomena in semiconductors with a precision specific …

High-volume information-processing and communications devices are at present based on
semiconductor devices, whereas information-storage devices rely on multilayers of magnetic …

Conventional electronics is based on the manipulation of electronic charge. An intriguing
alternative is the field of 'spintronics', wherein the classical manipulation of electronic spin in …

The three volumes of this handbook treat the fundamentals, technology and nanotechnology
of nitride semiconductors with an extraordinary clarity and depth. They present all the …

The body of research on (III, Mn) V diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) initiated during
the 1990s has concentrated on three major fronts:(i) the microscopic origins and …

A mean-field model of ferromagnetism mediated by delocalized or weakly localized holes in
zinc-blende and wurzite diluted magnetic semiconductors is presented. The model takes …

Recent advances in the theory and experimental realization of ferromagnetic
semiconductors give hope that a new generation of microelectronic devices based on the …

The recent development of MBE techniques for growth of III–V ferromagnetic
semiconductors has created materials with exceptional promise in spintronics, that is …