Magnetic degradation of an FeCo/GaAs interface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Park, S ^a   Fitzsimmons, M R ^a   Dong, X Y ^b   Schultz, B D ^b   Palmstrom C J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; GALLIUM; IRON;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FILM; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THICKNESS;

EID: 19744382255     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.104406     Document Type: Article

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