Specific Heat of Cr-Based Semimagnetic Semiconductors

A. Twardowskia, P. Eggenkampb, W. Maca, H.J.M. Swagtenb and M. Demianiukc aInstitute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland bPhysics Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands cInstitute of Technical Physics, WAT, Warszawa, Poland

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Specific heat of ZnCrSe and ZnCrS was measured for 1.5 < T < 10 K and B < 3 T. The data were interpreted using "crystal field model" taking into account tetrahedral crystal field, tetragonal Jahn-Teller distortion and spin-orbit interaction.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.84.563 PACS numbers: 75.50.Pp, 71.70.Ch, 71.70.Ej