Electrical manipulation of magnetization reversal in a ferromagnetic semiconductor

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5635, 2003, Pages 943-945

  Chiba, D ^a   Yamanouchi, H ^a   Hatsukura, F ^a   Ohno, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION;

FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; GALLIUM; INDIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; MAGNETIZATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0041520973     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086608     Document Type: Article

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26. We thank K. Takanashi, S. Mitani, T. Dietl, M. Shirai, K. Ohtani, and Y. Ohno for useful discussions. This work was partially supported by the IT Program of RR2002 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Grant-in-Aids and a Research Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Scientific Society.