Controlling the magneto-transport properties of EuS thin films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2673-2675

  Keller, Jan ^a,b   Parker, J S ^b   Stankiewicz, J ^b,c   Read, D E ^b   Stampe, P A ^d   Kennedy, R J ^d   Xiong P , ^b   Von Molnar S ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^d FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eu chalcogenides; Ferromagnetic semiconductors; Spin electronics

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MAGNETIC TRANSITION;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0036762016     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801977     Document Type: Article

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