Abstract:
A review is given of the experimental and theoretical data on ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic semiconductors. Information on the magnetic, electrical, and optical properties is analyzed systematically. The main theoretical ideas on the physics of magnetic semiconductors are given without detailed proof and are used in the interpretation of the experimental results relating to the influence of the magnetic order on the electrical and optical properties of magnetic semiconductors and to the influence of conduction electrons on the magnetic order.
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