Electronic structure and spin polarization of MnGaP

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2014-2016

  Kronik, Leeor ^a   Jain, Manish ^b,c   Chelikowsky, James R ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF STATES (DOS); DILUTE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS (DMS); LOCAL SPIN DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LSDA); SPIN POLARIZATION (SP);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SILICON;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 5444238948     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1787895     Document Type: Article

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