Properties of ferromagnetic Ga1-xMnxN films grown by ammonia-MBE

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2859-2862

  Sonoda, Saki ^a   Hori, Hidenobu ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki ^b   Sasaki, Takahiko ^b   Sato, Masugu ^c   Shimizu, Saburo ^a   Suga, Ken Ichi ^d   Kindo, Koichi ^d  

^a ULVAC INC   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia MBE; Ferromagnetism; Ga1 xMnxN; P type

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PARAMAGNETISM; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS (DMS);

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0036762092     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.803147     Document Type: Article

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