Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Semiconductor Magnetic/Nonmagnetic Superlattices

The interlayer spin correlations in the magnetic/non-magnetic semiconductor superlattices are reviewed. The experimental evidences of interlayer exchange coupling in different all-semiconductor structures, based on neutronographic and magnetic studies, are presented. A tight-binding model is used to explain interaction transfer across the non-magnetic block without the assistance of carriers in ferromagnetic EuS/PbS and antiferromagnetic EuTe/PbTe systems.