TAMR effect in (Ga,Mn)As-based tunnel structures

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ciorga, M ^a   Schlapps, M ^a   Einwanger, A ^a   Geissler S ^a   Sadowski, J ^a,b   Wegscheider, W ^a   Weiss, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNNEL DIODES;

ANISOTROPIC MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECTS; ESAKI DIODES; NANOCONSTRICTIONS; TUNNEL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 34848895409     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/9/351     Document Type: Article

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