(Ga,Mn)As as a digital ferromagnetic heterostructure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2379-2381

  Kawakami, R K ^a   Johnston Halperin, E ^a   Chen, L F ^b   Hanson, M ^b   Guebels N ^b   Speck, J S ^b   Gossard, A C ^b   Awschalom, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0001659183     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1316775     Document Type: Article

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