A first principles study of half-metallic ferromagnetism in In1-xTixP (x = 0.06) diluted magnetic semiconductor

Abstract

A first principles approach has been used to calculate the electronic and magnetic properties of In1-xTixP (x = 0.06) diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) compound. The calculations have been carried out using the highly precise all electron full potential Linear Augmented Plane Wave (FPLAPW) method within generalized gradient approximation (GGA) as exchange-correlation (XC) potentials. The estimated results show that the Ti-doping generate robust half metallic ferromagnetism with the 100% spin polarization at Fermi level (EF) in InP. Due to this peculiar property, the resultant compound behaves as true half-metallic ferromagnet which is best suited for spintronic applications. The total magnetic moments of this compound are mainly due to Ti-d states present at EF with almost negligible contribution from other atoms.