Spin polarization tuning in Mn5-x Fex Ge3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Stroppa, A ^a,b   Kresse, G ^a,b   Continenza, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; INTERMETALLICS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; TUNING;

SPIN POLARIZATIONS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 51349091425     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2977469     Document Type: Article

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