Spin and orbital moments of ultra-thin Fe films on various semiconductor surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3325-3327

  Claydon, Jill S ^a   Niu, Daxin ^a   Xu, Yongbing ^a   Telling, Neil D ^b   Kirkman, Ian W ^b   Van Laan, Gerrit Der ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fe InGaAs; Interface magnetism; Spin electronics; Ultrathin films

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETISM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAYS;

FE/INGAAS; INTERFACE MAGNETISM; SPIN ELECTRONICS;

MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

EID: 27744507067     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.855201     Document Type: Article

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