Abstract:
Very recently, the newest class of spintronic materials, where
reversible spin polarization can be controlled by applying gate voltage:
so-called bipolar magnetic semiconductors (BMSs, X. Li et al.,
arXiv:1208.1355) was proposed. In this Letter, a novel way to creation of
BMSs by doping of non-magnetic semiconducting 1111 phases with magnetic
$d^{n<10}$ atoms is discussed using ab initio calculations of layered YZnAsO
doped with Fe and Mn. In addition, more complex materials with several
spectral intervals with opposite $100\%$ spin polarization where multiple
gate-controlled spin-polarization can be expected, are proposed.