2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173807We have synthesized Ga1-xMnxAs1-yPy and Ga1-xMnxP1-yNy by the combination of ion implantation and pulsed-laser melting. We find that the incorporation of isovalent impurities with smaller atomic radii leads to a realignment of the magnetic easy axis in Ga1-xMnxP1-yNy/GaP and Ga1-xMnxAs1-yPy/GaAs thin films from in-plane to out-of-plane. This tensile-strain-induced magnetic anisotropy is reminiscent of that observed in Ga1-xMnxAs grown on larger lattice constant (In,Ga)As buffer layers indicating that the role of strain in determining magnetic anisotropy is fundamental to III-Mn-V materials. In addition, we observe a decrease in the ferromagnetic Curie temperature in Ga1-xMnxAs1-yPy with increasing y from 0 to 0.028. Such a decrease may result from localization of holes as the P/As ratio on the Group V sublattice increases.14 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, which will be released in the journal Physica B: Condensed MatterMaterials ScienceTuning of ferromagnetism through anion substitution in Ga-Mn-pnictide ferromagnetic semiconductorstext