Excitonic giant Zeeman effect in GaN:Mn^3+

Pacuski, W.; Ferrand, D.; Cibert, J.; Gaj, J. A.; Golnik, A.; Kossacki, P.; Marcet, S.; Sarigiannidou, E.; Mariette, H.

Excitonic giant Zeeman effect in GaN:Mn^3+

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We describe a direct observation of the excitonic giant Zeeman splitting in (Ga,Mn)N, a wide-gap III-V diluted magnetic semiconductor. Reflectivity and absorption spectra measured at low temperatures display the A and B excitons, with a shift under magnetic field due to s,p-d exchange interactions. Using an excitonic model, we determine the difference of exchange integrals between Mn^3+ and free carriers in GaN, N_0(alpha-beta)=-1.2 +/- 0.2 eV. Assuming a reasonable value of alpha, this implies a positive sign of beta which corresponds to a rarely observed ferromagnetic interaction between the magnetic ions and the holes.
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