Theory of diluted magnetic semiconductor ferromagnetism

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5628-5631

  König, Jürgen ^a   Lin, Hsiu Hau ^a,b   MacDonald, Allan H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DYNAMIC CORRELATION; HAMILTONIAN EQUATION; ITINERANT CARRIER SPIN POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC IONS; METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; PATH INTEGRAL FORMULATION; SPIN WAVE; STONER CONTINUUM;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0343777323     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5628     Document Type: Article

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