Calculated magneto-optical Kerr effect in Fe, Co, and Ni

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 296-301

  Gasche, T ^a   Brooks, M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 0001502839     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.296     Document Type: Article

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