Interface magnetic properties of epitaxial Fe-InAs heterostructures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2652-2654

  Xu, Y B ^a,b   Tselepi, M ^c   Wu, J ^a   Wang, S ^a   Bland, J A C ^c   Huttel, Y ^d   Van der Laan, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fe InAs; Interface magnetism; Spin electronics; Ultrathin films

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETISM; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRON COMPOUNDS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHRONISM;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0036763035     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801981     Document Type: Article

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