Control of Magnetic Anisotropy and Magnetotransport in Epitaxial Micropatterned (Ga,Mn)As Wire Structures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 2785-2787

  Hamaya, K ^a   Moriya, R ^a   Oiwa, A ^a   Taniyama, T ^a   Kitamoto, Y ^a   Munekata, H ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Ga,Mn)As; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; III V ferromagnetic semiconductor; Wire structure

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

WIRE STRUCTURE;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0141987769     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.815710     Document Type: Article

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