Recent advances in atomic-scale spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 72-84

  Smith, Arthur R ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Yang, Haiqiang ^a,d   Dick, Alexey ^b   Neugebauer, Joerg ^b   Lambrecht, Walter R L ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular beam epitaxy; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Spin polarized

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIAS VOLTAGE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ATOMIC ROWS; ATOMIC SCALE; ATOMIC-SCALE MAGNETIC STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; MAGNETIC MODULATION; MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; NONMAGNETICS; PROPERTY; SPIN-POLARIZED; SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MANGANESE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 18544374560     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20147     Document Type: Article

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