Room-temperature magneto-optical activity of InMnAs thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 780-782

  Chiu, P T ^a   May, S J ^a   Wessels, B W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC ISOTROPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (XAFS) TECHNIQUE;

COERCIVE FORCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FERROMAGNETISM; FILM GROWTH; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SQUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 4344634793     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1773618     Document Type: Article

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