Abstract
Large negative magnetoresistance and anomalous magnetic properties are found in amorphous Si doped with magnetic rare earth ions near the metal-insulator transition. The resistivity below 50 K rises orders of magnitude above that of comparable composition nonmagnetic alloys and is strongly reduced by a magnetic field. Magnetization measurements show noninteracting moments at high temperature which develop antiferromagnetic interactions below 50 K. We suggest that these results are due to formation below 50 K of a dense concentration of magnetic polarons which localize conduction electrons.
- Received 18 July 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4652
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