Authors: S Zerroug A Gueddim N Bouarissa
Publish Date: 2016/02/23
Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 473-478
Abstract
Ab initio calculations based on density functional theory have been performed using the fullpotential augmentedplanewave method so as to investigate the composition dependence of the electronic structure and fundamental properties of hypothetical zincblende hbox Cd mathrm1xhbox Co mathrmxhbox Te magnetic semiconductor alloys at low Co concentrations To treat the exchange and correlation energies the generalized gradient approximation GGA of Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof has been used In addition the modified Becke–Johnson exchange potential with the GGA approach is used for the band structure providing high accuracy It is found that the addition of a small amount of Co atoms in the hbox Cd mathrm1xhbox Co mathrmxhbox Te makes the latter less compressible ferromagnetic and exhibiting a half metallic character Besides the composition dependence of the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function has been examined and discussed The information derived from the present study may be useful for spintronics technological applications
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