Disorder-induced noncollinear ferromagnetism in models for (III, Mn)V semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Schliemann, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MANGANESE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 0037438656     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.045202     Document Type: Article

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