Review of recent efforts on the growth and characterization of nitride-based diluted magnetic semiconductors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6121, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kane, Matthew H ^a,b   Strassburg, Martin ^a   Asghar, Ali ^a   Li, Nola ^a   Fenwick, Will ^a   Ferguson, Ian T ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Diluted magnetic semiconductor; Ferromagnetic semiconductor; GaMnN; MOCVD; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NITRIDES;

DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; GAMNN; SPINTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 33646768625     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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