Ultrafast laser-induced coherent spin dynamics in ferromagnetic Ga1-x Mnx As/GaAs structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Qi, J ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Steigerwald, A ^a   Liu, X ^b   Furdyna, J K ^b   Perakis, I E ^c   Tolk, N H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

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EID: 60949085784     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.085304     Document Type: Article

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