Exchange biasing of the ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga 1-xMn xAs

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1556-1558

  Eid, K F ^a   Stone, M B ^a   Ku, K C ^a   Maksimov, O ^a   Schiffer, P ^a   Samarth, N ^a   Shin, T C ^b   Palmstrom C J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING FIELDS; EXCHANGE BIASING; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS (FMS); HYSTERESIS LOOPS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COERCIVE FORCE; FERRIMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIZATION; REFLECTION HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SQUIDS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 5044235422     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1787945     Document Type: Article

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