Magnetic Susceptibility Studies of Fe-Doped II-VI Compounds

Low-field magnetic susceptibility χ of Fe-doped II-VI compounds has been studied for wide iron concentration range (3 x 10$\text{}^{18}$ ≤ N$\text{}_{Fe}$ ≤ 10$\text{}^{21}$ cm$\text{}^{-3}$). For the low iron content the Van Vleck-type paramagnetism is observed at low temperatures in all investigated materials (except for Hg$\text{}_{1-x}$Fe$\text{}_{x}$Se), which entirely confirms the theoretical prediction. For the higher Fe contents the experimental data still remain unexplained.