Enhancement of exchange coupling between GaMnAs and IrMn with self-organized Mn(Ga)As at the interface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Lin, H T ^a   Chen, Y F ^a   Huang, P W ^a   Wang, S H ^a   Huang, J H ^a   Lai, C H ^a   Lee, W N ^a   Chin, T S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPOSITION; FERROMAGNETISM; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS;

EXCHANGE COUPLING; EXCHANGE-BIAS EFFECT; HYSTERESIS LOOPS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846092190     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2410234     Document Type: Article

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