Magnetic properties and spin polarization of Co2 MnSi Heusler alloy thin films epitaxially grown on GaAs(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Wang, W H ^a,b   Przybylski, M ^a,c   Kuch, W ^a,d   Chelaru, L I ^a,e   Wang, J ^a,f   Lu, Y F ^a   Barthel, J ^a   Meyerheim, H L ^a   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 28744435193     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.144416     Document Type: Article

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