Electronic structure and charge dynamics of the Heusler alloy Fe2TiSn probed by infrared and optical spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 751221-751224

  Dordevic, S V ^a   Basov, D N ^a   Slebarski A ^a,c   Maple, M B ^a   Degiorgi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; FERROUS ION; TIN DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037104268     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.075122     Document Type: Article

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